A private room in Uruk's palace.
The King of Uruk had generously provided the visiting goddess and the person she wished to meet with a room where they could be alone.
Annanu and Nanshe now sat on opposite sides of a stone table laden with delicacies rarely seen in ordinary times.
Nanshe ate while glaring at Annanu, as though she were putting all her strength into staring at him.
Annanu felt uncomfortable all over under Nanshe's gaze.
So, he responded.
"Want to fight?"
Nanshe:?
"What do you mean, want to fight?"
She looked utterly bewildered.
"Then why are you staring at me? It feels like you want to beat me up." Annanu pouted.
"Nothing. I just wanted to confirm something." Nanshe scratched her cheek with a chuckle, then tried to make her expression more serious. "Oh, right, let me ask you something. Just asking."
"How do you feel about living in this city?"
Annanu's gaze sharpened.
"Did the gods send you to gather information?" He became somewhat wary.
"Huh? No, no, that's not it." Realizing she had been misunderstood, Nanshe hurriedly waved her hands. "I don't live with the Anunnaki. I haven't gone back in a long time."
"Then why are you asking?" Annanu blinked, confused.
"I-I'm just asking." Nanshe took a deep breath.
Hmm. How should she put this feeling? It was a little strange.
That fleeting glimpse that afternoon—Nanshe admitted that she had only been drawn to Annanu's face. But after looking into things recently, she had discovered that both Annanu's appearance and intelligence came from his brother Enkidu, while Enkidu's appearance and intelligence came from a human divine maiden named Shamhat.
That divine maiden lived outside the temple, and Annanu and Enkidu would occasionally visit her. After all, Shamhat was one of the few friends they had