"Left him? Left him how?" Melpomene paid more attention to the dark smile, brushing off the wince of disgust since it seemed only natural Ares would respond like that; nurturing was the antithesis of what he was. It wasn't going to stop her feeding Telos in front of him - nothing felt as important as this.
His choice of words were unusual, though. Left him, rather than slaughtered him, finished him...