Then he heard a cold voice and the hope died.
The hope in his eyes died and he turned away.
A moment's hope died as she saw how old he was.
Hope died again, and she stopped even trying to think.
And when we were gone, the last hope of the human race would die.
When word gets out, hope will die for these people.
The hope died as one of the uniforms turned to him.
He'd already seen males who'd lost hope give up and die in short order.
The hope died as he came to the main corridor.
Her hopes had died with the doubt in his voice.