it was a very dark night , and there was neither moon nor star to light watanabe on his way . to make the darkness worse a storm came on , the rain fell heavily and the wind howled like wolves in the mountains . any ordinary man would have trembled at the thought of going out of doors , but watanabe was a brave warrior and dauntless , and his honor and word were at stake , so he sped on into the night , while his companions listened to the sound of his horse 's hoofs dying away in the distance , then shut the sliding shutters close and gathered round the charcoal fire and wondered what would happen - and whether their comrade would encounter one of those horrible oni . watanabe 's eyes grew large with wonder , for he saw that the ogre was taller than the great gate , his eyes were flashing like mirrors in the sunlight , and his huge mouth was wide open , and as the monster breathed , flames of fire shot out of his mouth . the ogre thought to terrify his foe , but watanabe never flinched . he attacked the ogre with all his strength , and thus they fought face to face for a long time . at last the ogre , finding that he could neither frighten nor beat watanabe and that he might himself be beaten , took to flight . but watanabe , determined not to let the monster escape , put spurs to his horse and gave chase . 
he was brave .
why did watanabe never flinch ?
why did watanabe never flinch ?