"What?" William asked, he was left stunned.
Although indefinitely intelligent, the recent event had taken a toll out of him. It was especially difficult to catch up now, as the world went dark all of a sudden, excusing his surprise!
The idea had been to tear the target's soul off and away. He felt perfectly ready to do so just a moment ago, and had even put all moral senses aside. Murder sounded like the appropriate response, but he was utterly prevented from doing so!
Through the very second when he shape-shifted, while in mid air, a sudden flash of pink changed the course of the battle, completely! William never got to land on the ground, and indulged in a dark void instead.
"Was I always here?" He softly muttered after a while, and furthermore thought. "Weird, what uh, what was I doing? Was, uh?"