"......What do you want to do?"
Yinshtar huddled in a corner of his big bed and looked at Ananu warily.
Not weak, but pitiful and scared.
"I promised Gil that I won't fight with you, and I will keep my promise." Ananu's beautiful face is still very fond of people even when it is cold, but Yinshtar opposite him will not be like this think.
"Then why did you come to my place?" Yinshtar was confused.
"You haven't finished what you said yesterday, right?" Ananu narrowed his eyes and moved slightly closer to Yinshtar.
"From what you said yesterday, I seemed to think that I don't understand what humans are like - so do you?"
This is the question Ananu wants to ask.
It's very simple, even a little naive.
The general meaning is - I can't do it, can you do it?
As a god, how can you say this about empathy with humans?
Among the clay figures, Ananu is out of the ordinary. Compared to Enkidu, Ananu is more energetic and aggressive.
This is his personality, the kind that cannot be separated.
When Yinshtar heard Ananu's words, he was slightly stunned, and finally understood what Ananu meant.
But her reaction was not ridicule, nor fear, but——
surprise.
Why would Ananu come to her specifically for such a thing? Or even ask such a question?
Yinshtar obviously wouldn't understand, and she didn't want to understand.
But she was obviously willing to clear up the confusion for Ananu.
"I'm really qualified to say this - at least more qualified than you." Perhaps because of the confidence in his heart, Yinshtar's attitude returned to its previous arrogance, and he slowly floated up and came closer to An Not far in front of Nanu, there was a bit of beauty on his face, but in Ananu's eyes, it was just a smile that didn't deserve a beating.
Ananu was a little confused as to why Yinshtar's mood suddenly improved, and she couldn't even figure out why this man liked to talk while floating. Could it be that he thought he could be superior to others?
"You know - death?"
Before Ananu could speak, Yinshtar asked his question.
Ananu frowned.
die?
"What's the meaning?"
"This is a necessary part of human life." Yinshtar made an enchanting pose in the air and said with a smile, "birth, growth, aging, and death."
"This is the form of human life, the form that must be experienced."
"Perhaps some people will not experience the second and third stages because of war and illness, but birth and death are indeed things that everyone must experience."
"I have experienced death, you know, so at least in this aspect, I do understand humans better than you do, what do you think?"
She looked at Ananu with an almost provocative look.
Ananu was almost amused by Yinshtar.
What kind of hatred or resentment? This is, Yinshtar went to the underworld, was killed by his sisters, and even the body was hung up. This is a huge scandal that is avoided in the entire Mesopotamia. Now the scandal is The person who witnessed it actually proudly tried to use the fact that he had died in front of him to motivate himself?
"You - you are quite interesting." Ananu suppressed a smile while giving a thumbs up to Yinshtar.
You are really awesome.
This was the first time Ananu felt admiration for a god from the bottom of his heart.
"So? What do you want to say? Just because you died because you went to the underworld, you want me to die too?" Ananu still didn't hold back and looked at Yinshtar with a smile.
"I just said that I know more about this than you do. Did I say anything else?" Yinshtar did not feel that his current behavior was shameful at all.
Ananu finally felt the difference between humans and gods.
When human beings face death, they are undoubtedly afraid. After all, death means the end, everything is over, and they no longer exist in this world. Even the traces that prove that they once existed will be lost under the action of time. gradually erased.
But gods are different. They may not be able to die casually, but there is a precedent of Yinshtar's death. After Yinshtar died, he was rescued by Enki and nothing happened.
Therefore, gods are definitely not as afraid of death as humans. Even gods like Yinshtar will use their own death as a talking point.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to let them die once.
God is just a powerful creature, at least that's what the Anunnaki's god is like.
But, the underworld...
Ananu looked at the amused Yinshtar in front of him, smiled and shook his head.
"Then I - just accept your provocation."
"I'll take a trip to the underworld."
"I will observe human death, experience human death, and then return."
Yinshtar was a little surprised, and then raised his eyebrows: "Do you think you will come back?"
"If I wouldn't come back, I wouldn't say I would come back." Ananu turned around and said mockingly, "Yinshtar, goddess, I am different from you."
"Your so-called understanding of human beings is just arrogance."
"After all, you have never cared about what kind of life human beings are, and what life means to human beings. You will never understand it, because you are a god."
"But I am different. You will never understand my current mood and why I am laughing now, let alone what you say and do in my eyes." .”
"Please watch, noble goddess."
"You've never - never even the slightest understanding of human beings."
Ananu still behaved like that. After he finished talking to himself and said everything he wanted to say, he turned around and left without stopping at all, leaving Yinshtar standing there with a gloomy face. Know what to think about.
To the underworld and back...
Ananu, what do you want to prove? What do you want to express to yourself?
Although his goal was achieved, Yinshtar's mood was not good at all.
She was not a fool, and she could naturally hear the ridicule and ridicule towards herself in Ananu's words.
Also, that last sentence made Yinshtar feel aggrieved and aggrieved even more.
I have never understood human beings even a little bit.
...She doesn’t approve.
Although she was just in charge of the priesthood and had nothing to do, although she was dissolute and only liked lust, although she was greedy for power and went to the underworld and still refused to restrain herself after being killed, but——
She thinks she is a very good god.
She felt that she deserved to be respected and worshiped by gods and humans.
