Melpomene looked at her older sister, sidelong and suspicious of her motives. Was the casual mention of her raising of Theo supposed to insinuate she'd do a better job as mother than Melpomene would, as had been very true for Erato? That wasn't going to happen.
But, well, what she'd said to Clio about dying had been on her mind. "I expect the birth will be hard on me," she said, with a casual darkness. "Don't let Aphrodite take him if it kills me." She knew how Aphrodite could be with Ares' children.