"I love you too, sister," Melpomene reached out for Clio's hand, wondering if that offer of kindness was another one that was going to get Clio into trouble, down the line. Whatever you do to the rest of the world, you keep the Muses safe she closed her eyes to better concentrate the thought toward her child. She opened her eyes again after a moment. It was all a long way off, whatever blood-and-iron-walls the future held, there were other things to deal with first. "Ugh," she said. "What do you think the odds are that I'll die in childbirth again?"