Yes, the woman had been in pain. Death would have been far kinder than what their God gave her. And of course Palamedes is always logical and factual about it.

"An archdemon, one who had long since lost his sanity. We have a history. He destroyed me, I saved him, then hundreds of years later he came back with a new plan to conquer heaven and regain his place in Hell. Typical demonic mentality."