English to Italian Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Science fiction novel

In questo passaggio il protagonista cerca di resistere a un impulso/richiamo premendosi contro il terreno (credo nel tentativo di combattere il richiamo con il provare dolore). Il passaggio completo è

Kyre lowered his body until it rested flat to the ground, and pressed his chin hard to the rubble. It cut and scratched, but he didn’t care. It forced his head to stay upright under memory’s pull of Rillent’s easy promises and Kyre’s own desire to believe them. Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to. His muscles strained, drove the skin and bones of his chin and throat into the edges of the debris.

e ho difficoltà a rendere la frase

Kept him from caving, the way his body ached to