Nick returned with the Ice Maiden's Specter Core to Piercing Heaven Base.
He couldn't allow her to retain her body outside in case she tried to kill him.
In the end, she was still a Specter, and Nick wouldn't entrust humanity to her.
When they arrived in the Containment Unit inside Piercing Heaven Base, Nick looked at the Specter Core.
"Remember when we first met?" he asked.
This time, his ability worked.
Over the next hours, Nick deleted a big chunk of the Ice Maiden's memory.
She forgot about the Pure One, how she grew up in the Empire, about Nick, and a big chunk of her knowledge about energies.
Knowledge of energies was extremely dangerous, and Nick wanted to be sure that the Ice Maiden was not too dangerous since he didn't want to die with her.
When he was done, he threw the Specter Core into the middle of the Containment Unit.
With all of her human memories deleted, the Ice Maiden had turned into a regular Specter.