Possible Clues:

• Saves
• Heroic feats
• Regrets key being jammed — gets out after trouble?
• Saves from danger
• Shelter dogs
• Saves from raging rapids
• Bailouts
• Regrets holding key but frees from captivity
• Saves signals from sappers?
• Concerned with reaching last of reds, snooker player uses these to make recoveries