[ She listens to everything he's saying. Something in particular catches her attention: ]

Weren't you supposed to be the linchpin between humans and gods, but then became the wedge...?

[ She just feels obligated to correct him there. Not that it bothers her either way, she had nothing to do with that divine plan, as he well knows. That's why she'd been entrusted with Enkidu's remains after everything.

Honestly, that whole plan had been kind of pathetic. She had often sent a Gallû Spirit at the other gods' meetings, just to keep informed and in the faint hope one of them would realize how unfair her predicament was. Their planning and plotting to keep humanity under control... It'd just been sad, really. To hear about their desperate struggles against the inevitable...

... The same way everything that lives struggles against death. Gods are no different from mortals in that respect. ]

Regardless, I agree with your sentiment.

[ He is even wiser than she'd expected... Maybe that's an opportunity to better understand him for her, as well. ]

We probably should get started with our task.