Humans were capable of change.
This was a fact Annanu and Enkidu had come to understand.
The source of this information was, naturally, Humbaba, the [Perfect Human].
Because Humbaba had changed noticeably from the Humbaba she had once been.
Yet even after changing, she had not changed completely.
After Humbaba vanished last time, the clay people had fallen into a helpless daze.
Would Humbaba simply disappear like that?
They did not know the answer to that question. They could only rely on one another and wait.
Since the gods had not yet informed them or ordered them to go to the forest of Uruk and formally begin their task, all they could do was wait.
But fortunately, Humbaba had not disappeared entirely.
She came to seek out Annanu and Enkidu again.
But she no longer appeared in the form of a young girl.
Instead, she appeared in that enormous form, capable of containing all grievances—the form upon which the clay people had been modeled.
"Do you still remember everything about us?"
Humbaba lowered her enormous, featureless head, and her voice made the entire forest tremble.
The birds and beasts feared the massive monster and fled in every direction. Other than the three "monsters" who looked almost exactly alike, only the trees remained, creatures unable to run away.
Annanu and Enkidu nodded. They would not be afraid, and they remembered Humbaba.
Seeing the clay people's response, Humbaba let out a relieved breath in satisfaction before vanishing once more.
The clay people looked at one another, unsure how to react.
But as time passed, Humbaba came to see them every so often, asking that same question: "Do you still remember everything about us?"
Every time, the clay people gave Humbaba an affirmative answer.
This continued happening again and again.
Yet the changes