There's a lot in those words. She thinks about how he brightened when he spoke of Zagreus the first time, how he weighs down with the guilt of it all. Persephone won't poke at it but she'll remember this.

"I don't have a good answer honestly. When I think about my mother and Artemis--Hestia, I...I don't have good days when I think too hard about it. So I try not to. There's nothing I can do about it so I do what I can. I work on missions even if I'm hopeless at whatever the objective is, I work in the greenhouse, I cook, I do chores, I keep myself busy. I do the things I can."

She glances at Ryo, got anything better than this sap? She's aware it's not particularly constructive.