Ananu and Enkidu are indifferent to war. They only understand one thing from the perspective of their own cognition.
Can foreign war bring benefits to Uruk?
Maybe, but the benefits obtained, at least in the minds of Ananu and Enkidu, are not equal.
Although they have not been in contact with humans for a long time, and their position is a bit strange due to the deception of the gods, or perhaps because of the gods' own cognition, there is one fact that they understand.
People will die.
Human life exists only once.
This is the "restriction" that the gods jointly gave to humans when Enki and Mami created humans for the second time after the Great Flood.
Human beings no longer have a long and long life span. Human beings will die of thirst due to drought, starve to death due to famine, die of illness due to epidemics, and will die of old age as time goes by, or die of murder or hatred. Died in war.
Then, he threw himself into the underworld and never came back.
Because of such constraints, human beings have become fragile, but because of their short life, human beings have the determination to fight for better things. Instead, it is the surviving old humans, the eternal man Utna who wanders on the edge of the underworld. Pishtim, forever cursing everything.
Therefore, such a life is precious to human beings; and the labor force composed of human beings is even more precious to the king, that is, Gilgamesh.
There is still a lot of uncultivated wasteland around Uruk. If Gilgamesh had not indulged in pleasure and used his army to invade other city-states, but had used the labor force to cultivate wasteland and expand production, what would he have gained? There are far more things than war.
Of course, their ideas may be one-sided and idealistic, but...
They have power don't they?
The reason why Gilgamesh has been arrogant from a long time ago until now is because no one he knows or comes into contact with, including gods, can beat him. The current Gilgamesh is probably his mother Ningsong. There was no benefit from coming, so he thought he was the master, and launched an unhappy rebellion against the gods who were even more self-righteous.
However, now that Ananu and Enkidu are here, even though Gilgamesh still looks like that in front of them, Gilgamesh listens to their words more or less.
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It may not be right, but it is a good thing if it can cause some thinking.
Only people like Ananu and Enkidu who could beat Gilgamesh to a pulp could hear what Gilgamesh said.
...
"Do you think he will change because of our words?" Enkidu had a smile on his face. Although there was a bit of worry in his tone, it could not be found on his face at all.
"Who knows, if he doesn't think about it carefully, I will draw a turtle on his face while he is sleeping." Ananu lay on his bed with an indifferent expression.
Siduli, who had come to deliver the meal in person, was about to open the brothers' door when she heard this sentence and froze.
"Huh? It's Siduli, come in."
Ananu stretched his arms and opened the door.
Siduli stood at the door, not wanting to go in or not, with an embarrassed look on her face.
She really hoped that she didn't hear what she just said... In this case, at least she would be able to distance herself from Ananu and Wang when they fight...
"Ananu, don't study with children." Enkidu looked helpless, but... why is there still a smile of interest on your face?
"Well... otherwise, I'll draw the goddess Yinshtar. I think he hates that goddess more than he hates the turtle." Ananu's observation was still very detailed.
As the king of Uruk, Gilgamesh must preside over sacrifices to the gods. It happened that a few days ago, spring plowing required a sacrifice. Ananu and Enkidu glanced at each other from a distance, and Gilgamesh was almost there. The word disgust is written on his face.
Siduli:......
You guys, at least don't think of me...
Forget it, just pretend I don’t exist...
She put down the food and beer, walked out quietly, and closed the door behind her.
He is indeed Gilgamesh's best assistant minister and high priest, and he is very discerning.
"Siduli, are you leaving now?"
But Siduli had already walked out, and Ananu's curious voice made her stop again.
"Ananu, Enkidu, you... at least don't paint on the king's face..." Siduli's voice was full of helplessness, and at the same time she was confused about her own thoughts. Such a small suspicion.
Although she really hopes that Wang can have a life of his own, but Wang's life is given by these two people, isn't it a bit unsafe...
"Ah, I understand." Ananu nodded seriously.
Siduli lowered her eyes and twitched the corners of her mouth in a corner that the two of them couldn't see.
You really plan to draw the co-author...
"Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." She sighed and bowed to the two of them.
"It's nothing, I just want to ask you a question." Enkidu stood up and said with a smile.
"Do you think the people of Uruk want the war to continue?"
Siduli was stunned subconsciously when she heard this question.
Ananu and Enkidu both looked at Siduri with questioning eyes, waiting for Siduri's answer.
Gilgamesh's thoughts cannot be viewed as human beings, but Siduri can.
Unlike Gilgamesh, Siduri is an ordinary person, one of the many subjects of Uruk. Although she holds a high position and serves the king every day, her thoughts will never be the same as Gilgamesh's. Gamesh is the same.
There was not much hesitation on Siduli's face. She shook her head and sighed.
"There may be some people who choose to continue the war in pursuit of more glory and higher status, but the vast majority of people don't want to."
"Are you among the vast majority of people?" Ananu asked.
Siduli was stunned and nodded.
She doesn't want to continue fighting anyway, and more importantly... Uruk, there is no need to fight. The things gained from fighting are not worth it compared to human lives.
As an auxiliary official, she can settle this account.
"Enkidu and I will continue to wander around Urukri." Ananu said no more, "We also want to see more of humans."
"Humans are really interesting creatures." Enkidu covered his mouth and chuckled, but in Siduli's eyes it might be even more terrifying than Ananu's expressionless face...
Although there seems to be a big difference, Siduli knows and understands.
These two brothers are definitely dangerous guys!
