Even before they were married and their lives irrevocably linked, he'd strived to mold her into the perfect model of a Death Eater. He understood better than most that the world was cruel and filled with hatred and strife. If one did not conform to the new order, they would never survive. What might seem to be a complete undoing of her character was what helped keep her alive in a world that was determined to rid itself of people just like her. That was why she would never apologize to anyone who knew her in the past for the person she'd become. Everyone changed as they grew older. To not understand that very basic fact denoted a lack of experience in the ugliness of living or a lifetime spent sheltered from the harsher aspects of reality. If everyone remained exactly the same as they were while they were in school, what was the point of living? Growth and change were never-ceasing. One would continue until the very moment they died.