Aplahanda Sakkanakku walks very fast and stealthily to the market where he holds his secret meeting with his officials, and they began to speak.
"I have never seen anything like this before, how can this be? Gilgamesh Sakkanakku survives the hands of the executioner." Aplahanda Sakkanakku speaks out,
Hazannu 1 replied, "this is bad for us, we want him out of the picture, he protects the king"
"you think I don't know that?" Aplahanda Sakkanakku replied,
Bēl pīhati 1 interrupted, "what then do we do?, because all this nagging isn't going to fix this."
Hazannu 1 replied, "yes it won't fix it, but I remember clearly that Aplahanda Sakkanakku said he had Gilgamesh Sakkanakku under his control, I think we need not worry," he spoke thos looking at Aplahanda with a mocking face, but yet showing expectation.
After he had spoken to Aplahanda Sakkanakku they all left him they, allowing him to buy stuffs for his adopted children.
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The Israelite is still bewildered with the information he just received and now he wouldn't rest until he gets to the bottom of it.
The Israelite began asking in all honesty and curiosity, "tell me, why did that happen? Why did you... Did you stop loving her?
No one would answer him so he grew restless and shouted, "Ohh someone answer me here,"
"what does a man that have no memory want with the memory of others?" Ur-Nammu quickly replies him,
"don't speak to me about memory Nammu", the Israelite replied,
"why did you tell him we where in love?" The strange woman spoke out looking at Ur-Nammu angrily,
"I didn't tell him anything" Ur-Nammu responds quickly, becoming more shy and shy as he spoke.
"You two stop it!, I just want an answer... From the beginning of all these things," The Israelite interrupts them,
"we can't tell you from the beginning" Ur-Nammu and the strange woman spoke simultaneously replying at thesame time to the Israelite.
The Israelite looking at the two of them *scuffs* "what is wrong with you people?
I am so mad at myself, why didn't I notice this earlier? Yes, why would I? When the two of you is busy acting tough on me,
and you... Strange woman, I wonder what your name is, you joined me to mock him, oh I see, you used me to mock him, to get back at him for something, I am just so surprise right now,
Ur-Nammu, all you do is wake up and tell me how much you hate me,"
"I do hate you," Ur-Nammu quickly replies,
"shut up!", the Israelite replies,
"he do hate you" the strange woman added, "shut up you too" the Israelite replied and continues speaking,
"the both of you terrified me, scared me, and this is how you treat me? I thought we are family? at least tell me your name,"
"I can not tell you my name" Ur-Nammu and the strange woman replies the Israelite simultaneously again.
The Israelite looks at the both of them and said to Ur-Nammu, "what are you? A local mouth piece? I bet she was controlling you like a man",
"I can not tell you my name, at least not now" the strange woman Interrupts him,
"why can't you tell me your name?" the Israelite asks,
"because the time is not right, if you know my name now, it will change the cause of things, and you will not enjoy it when you are suppose to know," the strange woman replied,
"are you kidding me? Why am I going to enjoy your name? How is that going to be possible?"
"You will not understand" the strange woman relied,
"you will not understand, Ur-Nammu interrupts and began speaking, "Israelite, you know, sometimes I wonder how you are still alive.
let me tell you a secret that she isn't saying to you, well everybody knows it, it isn't a secret, do you know she is a warrior?"
"Nam, don't say it" the strange woman Interrupts,
"what did you just call him?, is that how she calls you? Is that proof of love? That is so disgusting" the Israelite Interrupts,
"I don't think you want to know, I will tell you another time" Ur-Nammu speaks out and then walks away leaving the Israelite to beg and scream for him to finish talking.
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Many days went by quickly, it felt like a horrifying presence was upon the kingdom.
No one could explain what happened, no one dared to enter the enchanted chamber of the executioner to ask him questions, except the king.
King Sargon is fearless, even though he seems cold, his glory days are long gone.
king Sargon enters the chamber of the executioner to question him for what happened to Gilgamesh Sakkanakku, even though he was happy about it, he needed to know what had transpired, was it truly by the gods? Or is it by corruption?.
King Sargon enters the executioner enchanted chamber using an old magic spell to neutralize all sorts of enchantment that was hovering around his chamber.
The executioner exclaims, *hmmmm* and then opened his mouth to speak, "that magical spell is only known by elders,"
king Sargon interrupts him, "I still remember when we where children, just little boys playing and running, with zero amount of worries.
Father had warn us concerning the woods shore, that's the name you called it, I remember taking you with me, even after you refused, you still had to come, just as we arrived at the shore, we saw things that we can not explain,
I fled that presence only to look back and saw you trapped by that dark scarry power, I abandon my escape, and ran back to you, I tried so hard with all my strength, and then it happened...
Hmmm, well, do you know what lead me to the woods shore?.
The executioner looked at him expecting the answer from him.
King Sargon continues, "it was curiosity, I was so anxious, I became worried, why did father refused us from going to the woods shores?
You see, that incident did not makes us who we are today, but it simply amplified what we where, it exposed our true nature, it made us powerful.
So tell me, brother, because I am so curious, how was the life of Gilgamesh Sakkanakku spared?
The executioner replied, "Sargon, I do not just kill for the gods... I also know when someone is about to die.
Do you know what I see when someone is about to die? It is one of the most irritating spirits I see, it smells so bad, almost like a rotten meat, or a pile of animal dungs
It looks muddy and wet, the wetness drops from it's body, that thing follows you when you are about to die, or when your time of death is close.
I did not see it with Gilgamesh Sakkanakku, it wasn't following him.
But just before the day of his death, a skilled man stood outside my chamber and called out to me, he brought many precious stones, he requested that Gilgamesh Sakkanakku be spared from my axes blade.
amazing, I agreed, I knew already that Gilgamesh will not die, but men, men are so cruel, thinking it is by their hand that things come to be, tell me, Sargon, who is to be blamed? The gods? Or man and it's cruel heart?
You are involved aren't you? Always thinking that you are a god.
I am simply the helper of the gods, I do their dirty work, thesame way I do your dirty work, killing people that does not deserve it.
King Sargon replies, "I think both gods and flesh is to be blamed, think about it, the desire of men leads them to the gods, and the gods seizes that opportunity and exploit them.
The desire of the gods leads them to exploit the desire of men."
"But you claim to be both a god and man, imagine, just imagine how cruel you are!" The executioner interrupts him.
After such a statement a silence fell in-between them for a little moment.
"Who is this skilled man?" King Sargon asks,
"some say he writes like the gods" the executioner replied.
It became clear to king Sargon who the man is that bribed the executioner even though according to him it is only business.
As King Sargon turns to leave, the executioner saw that spirit of death leaving with him also, but he didn't say a word to him, knowing that sooner to come his brother, king Sargon will die.