"Well, now I can at least pick baby clothes in colours that aren't gender-neutral," Uriel said. "Although I think it's just ridiculous to think that blue is for boys and pink is for girls, it might mislead people if I dressed a baby girl in blue or something. I don't have to think of any girl names, and, well, I'm curious. It's always been a flaw of mine. And besides, call it selfish or anything you'd like, but I like the thought of knowing my baby's gender before anybody else. Only Bast knows it, and now you."

That, and she wanted to know as much about her child as possible when she still could. Despite all Adam's power, she might lose him, and then it would be too late. But she wasn't about to tell Loki that.