The moment Ananu and Enkidu truly heard Humbaba's voice, and the moment their wills were exchanged, the storm disappeared.
Standing in front of the flower is a small figure.
Although it is small, it is much bigger than that flower.
The form was the same as Ananu and Enkidu knew, with a head and limbs, but no patterns or antlers.
Instead, she has exquisite and beautiful facial features, wearing a pure white skirt, standing barefoot on the ground, with a bright smile on her face, looking at the two huge clay figures sitting in front of her.
"Wow."
Neither Ananu nor Enki knew what it was.
But—maybe they’re also humans?
No, it's not, right?
They didn't know what the creature in front of them was, let alone that the things on her face were called facial features and the thing she was wearing was called a skirt.
I don't know that the look in her eyes when she looked at them was called "gentleness", and the smile on her lips was called "smile".
Ananu and Enkidu felt strange.
The clay figurine was puzzled and thinking.
This is a phenomenon that appears naturally, a strange phenomenon that appears at the moment they understand each other.
However, there are still some things worth noting.
Something flickered around this human-like thing.
Are you protecting her?
It shines like a rainbow after the rain.
There are seven in total, rotating and flipping, reflecting the smile on his face.
But these are not things that clay figures can understand.
【what is that?】
The ends of the mud were still connected, and Ananu asked Enkidu curiously.
【I have no idea.】
This kind of dialogue takes place in the exchange of souls.
"Are you called Ananu and Enkidu? It's so magical." The girl named Humbaba smiled and danced around the two clay figures, stroking the clay figures with her little hands.
"We like you very much, can you be our friends?"
Such words and meanings came from Humbaba's mouth and soul at the same time, and were conveyed to the thinking of Ananu and Enkidu.
【friend?】
The clay men expressed doubts.
what is that?
This is not an issue that clay people should be concerned about right now.
They are still trying to determine what the seven shining rings are.
【Is it a completed sign? 】
Ananu asked.
Humbaba is a "perfect human being", and the representative of perfection is completion.
So, is this flashing thing a sign of Humbaba's completion?
【Yes.】
Enkidu gave his own judgment.
They have no knowledge, because their existence as clay figures is a weapon, a foundation, and a machine made by gods to restrain people.
Their programs need to make their own judgments before they can continue to operate.
And regarding this kind of brilliance, the halo that protects the girl, their judgment is——
【It’s really beautiful.】
【Extremely beautiful.】
Ananu stretched out his forelimbs that looked like a column, boldly wanting to touch the completed and beautiful symbol.
"ah!"
When the light was touched, the girl screamed in surprise, took a step back, and disappeared.
What appeared there instead of the girl and the light was something Ananu and Enkidu had seen before.
Something even bigger than them, with almost the same appearance.
It was huge enough to accommodate all the screams and roars. It was larger than Ananu and Enkidu combined, and it was enough to overlook the two clay figures.
【Wow, it’s so big.】
Ananu did not raise his head, because it had no vision at all, and his perceptions were directly received through magic power.
【How did you grow from being so small to being so big?】
Enkidu's focus was different from Ananu's, and the will was still being exchanged. It asked this huge, perfect human being.
Three very similar creatures that can be called "creatures" for the time being communicate using their souls.
Communicating in this forest of Enlil.
Ananu and Enki both learned that this perfect human being was named Humbaba.
Humbaba also learned that the names of these two small clay figures were Ananu and Enkidu.
Although the future is unclear, at least for now, when the storm has stopped, they have become each other's partners.
"--Hello."
"Hello!"
"Why are you here?"
"Are you here specifically to accompany me?"
Humbaba asked curiously.
Its huge body lay completely on the ground, shaking its head. There was nothing on it, but Ananu and Enkidu could clearly feel the breath of joy from it.
【It’s because of God’s command.】
【It’s to understand human beings.】
The clay men answered Humbaba's questions.
Although he knew that they were not here specifically to accompany him, Humbaba was still very happy.
The huge body disappeared, and the little girl reappeared in front of the clay people.
【Is it like this again?】
【it's wired.】
"Haha, you guys are so interesting."
Humbaba smiled.
Humbaba, who transformed into a villain, climbed onto Ananu's body and grabbed the deer-like antlers that Ananu imitated from her body.
"Did you imitate me? Yes?"
With that said, she jumped up from Ananu's body, jumped onto Enkidu's body, and hugged Enkidu's head.
"It's so kind of you to come and accompany me."
[What does accompanying mean? Does it mean staying by your side like this?]
Ananu was on all fours, shaking his head like Humbaba just now.
Now Ananu really looks like a deer, but this deer's body is too generous.
It was a little curious about Humbaba's behavior, so it subconsciously imitated it.
"You just keep each other company."
"Then you who accompanied each other are now accompanying me."
Humbaba jumped off Enkidu's back and lay on the grass in front of him, shaking his legs and looking at the clay men with a smile.
Ananu and Enkidu were both a little dazed.
accompany......?
【Did you make that sound because you didn't have company? 】
Enkidu came over and asked.
[So if we don’t have company, we will become the same as you before? 】
Ananu also stopped shaking his head and adjusted his posture.
Facing the questions from Ananu and Enkidu, Humbaba pouted, seeming to be thinking about something.
"I have no idea."
Finally, Humbaba shook his head.
"But you are such good friends, it would definitely be very sad if you were separated."
Listening to Humbaba's words, Ananu and Enkidu fell into thinking.
can you?
Although they didn't know what sadness was, the same thought appeared in the souls of the two clay figures at the same time.
If they really separate one day, it would probably be the cruelest thing for them.