"You are mistaken." Oriko takes hold of her elbow, arm tucked snugly across her front. "I am not a witch." Not now; half a lie. Sorry, Father.

If it's meant to intimidate or repulse her, Oriko avoids the bait. She has only resignation to show him.

"You will not be allowed to remain here." Confident words on the heels of Nitoh's defeat, but if she can play with her understanding of how the situation then it may steady the course of things.