Hearing that did give her a tiny spark of hope, but it was tiny enough that when he continued, saying that 'if' she valued her life she wouldn't give up it was just as quickly extinguished.

She wanted to believe him. He was trying to be encouraging. But all she could think of was how she had been during those awful months with her first master, and how worthless he made her feel. She had come a long ways since then.

But not far enough.

"What if... I don't value my life... ?"