Planning was underway, especially if her story was true.
He had expected a tragic origin, but nothing like this, nothing like this at all.
If she had come this far after going through all she did, pain, torment, and all, then whatever life she built for herself was acceptable by all means of justification. It was worse than he originally imagined in his mind: this world was just as terrible, if not more, than his.
Yet, deep down his heart tightened slightly, knowing she was just one of many others who were subjects of misery. First, it was Raynell, now Cynthia, things were messed up on a scale higher than he thought he could and would be able to handle. The Great Annihilation didn't just create an upset, the event caused a massive imbalance in power, almost like it deliberately gave these powers to the wrong people.