Melpomene examined Marcie too, through the black lace of her mask. There was a good deal of emotion there that Melpomene didn't think Marcie had been carrying when she'd spotted her earlier, across the dance floor. Hm, she thought, and made a note to ask Apollo what impression he'd got from her, later.
"Because he thinks I fell pregnant on purpose, to take something from him. To trap him," she said, honestly enough. "But he's with Aphrodite now because he has been with Aphrodite, in some ways, since the very beginning. He was always going to return to her arms. War and Love, they're tied together. It's poetic, really."