Even with Araksia's corpse frying on the floor under his feet, Desmond felt nothing. Murdering the woman he had been sharing a bed with for weeks was no problem for him, not after everything that had happened.
Though he might sound cruel and heartless, especially after having manipulated and used her the way he had, Desmond never considered leaving Araksia alive, not after seeing firsthand what kind of person she was. To be fair, there wasn't a single denizen of this world who deserved mercy, at least not one Desmond had ever met.
At that point, Desmond was still unaware of what had happened to that world, something that even someone like Myrilla considered an unforgivable sin. However, Desmond realized that what had happened to that world affected everything in it, and no life form had resisted its effects.
