"That's not the truth at all." It's the last thing she is able to say; his next strike winds her, and she coughs low in her lungs.

Nitoh can succeed - she couldn't stop the transformation, but his conviction is so strong.

Oriko loses control of her pain tolerance for just a second, but it's long enough to sweep the consciousness from her. The wall is old and bombed-out, and there's less tension in her body with her losing awareness. Before she passes out, she fights him one last time, her last defiance wrenching him towards the collapsing rubble.

Then it's dark, not much difference from death when bound to a soul gem.