Quote Originally Posted by Nekaru_Infitima View Post
Because she was a super strong empath, that nihilism became a part of her sisters, which infected her as soon as she joined the hive. She became corrupted by it, but not in the sense of evil or wanting to kill to kill. She was bringing the universe what it wanted.
don't forget that it's pretty strongly implied that said empath ability also allowed her to influence the emotions of others and that said despair caused civilisations to die out just as much as they died out by themselves with her watching, not to mention influencing hermes