The time now is early morning.
The sunlight from Utu fell on the dew on the treetops, reflecting a dazzling light.
However, there is nothing here to enjoy such a view.
This is a forest that has existed since ancient times. No one can reach the original forest.
Because the name of its owner is the name of the strong wind, Enlil.
Every tree here is as thick as dozens of people hugging each other, and the leaves can even allow babies to sleep on them. The animals are extremely agile, and there are huge swimming fish jumping out of the streams.
--this is beautiful.
However, there are always some things that are not so harmonious.
Those were the two living mud balls that Enki had just sent here.
They fell from the sky and hit the ground, turning into two pools of extremely normal mud.
But even if the current posture is mud, it is undeniable that they have souls and [life].
The mud squirmed, absorbing the scattered parts of itself, and started moving with pure magic power.
The distance between the two pools of mud was not far. They looked very intimate. After they got closer, they merged together and then separated again.
Since there is a soul, there must be thinking.
What were the words Utu told them through Enki’s mouth?
What is the order?
They do not know it and cannot understand it.
The mud squirmed and moved without any purpose.
They do not need to be ingested and do not consume energy. They are not ordinary [creatures], but prototypes that can survive only by relying on magic power.
Other creatures in the forest discovered these two pools of mud. Birds flew around them with chirping, and wild beasts roared at them, extremely wary. Even the trees rustled to prevent them from getting close.
"Look, what is that?"
"It's just two puddles of mud."
"But they have the aura of God in them."
"Wow! Then stay away from them, I don't like them."
God is merciless, even beasts know this.
They don't care about these inexplicable malices. While squirming, they are also identifying what they see.
Is this human?
no.
What about this one?
Neither.
The mud named [Ananu] curiously observed everything in the forest, while the mud named [Enkidu] stayed with it and observed with it.
The towering trees are not human beings, the chirping birds are not human beings, and the roaring tigers in the mountains are not human beings.
The two pools of mud exchanged their thoughts with each other and came to these conclusions based on what they saw and heard.
I don't know how long they have been crawling in the forest and how long they have moved, but they finally met.
but--
what is that?
“﹉﹉____﹉﹉﹉..﹉––––_﹉..﹉﹉﹉..﹉––––﹉﹉____”
It was a sound that could not be described in any way.
A scream that could tear the sky and the earth apart - that's how I can describe it.
The scream was harsh, terrifying, and had no meaning as a language.
Ananu and Enkidu, who can understand the voices of birds and beasts, define it this way.
But then they became curious.
what is that?
What is this thing that emits this endless chain of filial piety?
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
A huge sound came out, and the scream caused strong vibrations, destroying everything around it.
Ananu and Enkidu were naturally among those destroyed.
Their mud-shaped bodies were destroyed, scattered, and rolled up everywhere.
However, they have no concept of pain, and there is no possibility of "death if broken", so now they are simply rolled away.
The sound waves used for destruction disappeared, and the two pools of mud gathered together again, moving towards the direction of the sound with curiosity.
Then they were swept into the storm.
A storm is made entirely of sound, the kind of scream that can tear the sky and the earth apart, that's what it's made of.
Everything around them was reduced to powder—except Ananu and Enkidu.
They - at least now, they cannot be destroyed, at least they will not be destroyed by the sound that can destroy everything.
At the moment they were caught in the storm, both Ananu and Enki understood.
——This is where they should be!
Just like putting a newborn baby into warm water, this is where the gods give them "love".
Understanding this fact, they jumped up and radiated joy around them.
The storm continued, and the screams enveloped the two mud balls, and it continued.
Time passed slowly, quietly slipping away from the gaps in the mud bit by bit.
Both Ananu and Enkidu felt a little bored.
But a storm of this magnitude is not something that two people can escape from.
In the storm of boredom, the Muds began to think.
They are innocent, and what God has given them is only what they should do. Other than that, it is the minimum information. Apart from this information, almost everything requires them to start from scratch and try to accumulate it by themselves.
Select, accumulate.
Or understand.
In the process, a man named Enkidu suddenly had a sudden idea.
It conveyed its thoughts to Ananu.
[Is this sound the sound made by humans? 】
Ananu expressed doubts, but quickly agreed with Enkidu's idea.
[We are here to meet humans. If there is nothing else here, then this is humans. 】
The moment Ananu and Enkidu had this idea, they understood it.
[Ah, so this is a human being. 】
[Is this what a perfect, complete human being is like? 】
With this idea in mind, they began to observe the body after the storm and the scream.
Because in their current understanding, the entity that produces the scream is the so-called [human being].
And it is a perfect and complete [human being].
[Try it, Enkidu. 】
[Let’s try to respond to such a voice. 】
Ananu passed on his thoughts to his brother, and at the same time used his own mud to try to understand the appearance and appearance of [human beings].
【Can you see it? Ananu? 】
【I can’t see clearly. Human appearance. 】
Enkidu was a little disappointed.
[We will see, we will. 】
Ananu was still observing with all his strength.
And the final result is-
They were observed together.
Human beings have limbs and heads.
There is also a pair of big deer-like antlers and wonderful patterns!
There is nothing but these.
Humans, so interesting! Is this the human gesture?
The two puddles of mud were sighing, imitating human gestures.
