[Rage fuels the demon in this last, desperate charge toward Shadow... but it's all in vain. The demon doesn't expect much of anything from Shadow at this point, seeing how he appears to be weakened as well. Little does it realize what's coming for it. Before it can manage another attack, the world around it bursts into blinding, burning energy. As those crystals jab into the demon, it howls in pain, a disturbing sound since there's also something of the human in there alongside the demon's voice...]
[It's really over this time. The demon takes a couple of unsteady steps and then collapses. Kain feels its pain fully, in complete agony... there's nothing he can do about it now. He's going to die, and then... and then what? Will he wake up in some new world? Will he even wake up again at all? He's not so sure he wants to, after what he'd become. Right now, he's ready to embrace the oblivion of death. It's all he has to look forward to. He struggles, trying to speak. He wants... he actually wishes he could thank Shadow for freeing him...]
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[It's really over this time. The demon takes a couple of unsteady steps and then collapses. Kain feels its pain fully, in complete agony... there's nothing he can do about it now. He's going to die, and then... and then what? Will he wake up in some new world? Will he even wake up again at all? He's not so sure he wants to, after what he'd become. Right now, he's ready to embrace the oblivion of death. It's all he has to look forward to. He struggles, trying to speak. He wants... he actually wishes he could thank Shadow for freeing him...]