Yes, Father says that people will often act the way they are expected to act. If you were treated badly, then it only makes sense that you will start to act badly. What is the point of acting any other way?

[Diarmuid lowers the paper and looks at it thoughtfully.]

An omen of destruction. Just like in the stories Father tells me. I bet you have so many stories to tell. No one should keep you from telling them to us...but what do you mean children of over a hundred years old? Humans....don't live that long, do they? Is it different because you are outside? Or...is that what you mean by lengthening lifespans?