[Back then, the Sky Father Anu was one of the initiators of the proposal to expel Tiamat. He and the God-King Enlil reached a rare consensus on this matter.]
[Therefore, many years later, now]
[When Anu is in the same situation as Tiamat, he can't help but feel annoyed and regret his past actions.]
[Thinking about, when dealing with the Mother back then]
[Was there a better way to handle it? Was there a way to not expel or attack the Mother?]
[From the moment Tiamat returned to the world]
[Anu vaguely sensed it]
[At first, he thought Tiamat had returned to the surface with hatred, and would bring a great catastrophe to the planet.]
[However, after he approached and investigated]
[He realized that it wasn't like that]
[Tiamat did not come to the earth with hatred, she returned to this land with love and joy. There is no sadness or pain in every day you spend together.]
[That motherly care that loves all things]
[Still exists within her]
[Anu used his divine authority to disguise himself as a mortal, and he mingled in the banquet that you and Tiamat participated in.]
[However, no matter what kind of human]
[Tiamat treats them all as children]
[Sharing the food she cooked with the children, and watching the children living in the moment with a kind gaze.]
[Even he felt the Mother's care]
[Ancient memories were awakened]
[–That extremely distant ancient era, when he was still a child, he still missed the Mother's tender years.]
[Thinking of this, even this old Sky Father couldn't help but feel sad and shed tears.]
[Anu felt ashamed]
[This is also why he didn't show up just now, but only appeared after you spoke.]
"Moran, when did you notice me?"
Anu and Moran stayed together in the shade of a tree, watching Ninsun and Tiamat, who were getting along warmly not far away.
That picture is so beautiful that people can't bear to disturb it.
"Heh, I noticed it from the beginning."
"From the beginning? Haha, you kid is really extraordinary, you've been a headache for the gods since you were born. And now, you've even brought the Mother back to the world… How is she over there?"
"Hmph, you old thing, you still have the nerve to ask that?"
Moran replied coldly.
Anu, who was confronted, seemed to be choked by a fishbone.
Indeed, how could He have the face to ask?
The decision to expel Tiamat to the inner side of the world was partly His decision.
He knew very well what the imaginary space was like.
Asking this question was merely for Himself.
"She was just a step away from becoming beast capable of destroying civilizations.
To be in such an environment and not forget the love for all beings due to hatred and anger is itself a miracle.
Perhaps, old man, you also had your own difficulties back then, but that doesn't justify ignoring her. As a victim, she was merely defending herself from beginning to end."
Every word Moran spoke was like a sharp blade.
It pierced into Anu's heart.
[After all, the decision to expel Tiamat was guided by this planet. The gods were merely tools to execute this matter; they were the senses of the planet and naturally could not go against the needs of the planet.]
[The gods are embodiments of nature.]
[Their primary task is the stability of the planet.]
[After Tiamat completed the transformation of the planet, it was natural to stabilize the planet's environment. If Tiamat herself became a being that undermined the foundation of the planet, then they also had the responsibility to deal with it.]
[This is a helpless and cruel reality.]
"So, I did what you dared not do.
I let her know that not all children abandoned her. I will give her happiness and will never let anyone wield a butcher's knife against her again."
"Indeed… you did what we could not do…"
Anu's face was full of despair.
His majesty faded, and He appeared even older at this moment.
The radiance of the gods dimmed considerably.
[Why didn't the gods ever think of going to help their mother?]
[The reason is naturally very simple.]
[—They killed their mother.]
[This must be unforgivable, right?]
[It cannot be forgiven, right?]
[Having committed such an unforgivable act, how could they have the face to appear before their mother?]
[Most of the gods share this thought.]
[Even Anu himself is no exception.]
[To appear before their mother means facing that hatred and sorrow, and perhaps even the risk of being killed.]
[Thus, the gods dared not face it.]
[Now that you have done what they all dared not do, Anu felt both joy and regret deep inside.]
[Joy for his descendants surpassing himself.]
[Regret for his own inadequacies and those of the gods.]
"So, old man, do you want to avoid it again?"
"At this point, I have no face to see my mother anymore… I have made too many mistakes and do not have the qualifications to see her…"
"Truly a god, how arrogant."
Moran did not turn to look at Anu, who was about to leave.
He simply spoke in a flat tone.
"…What?"
Anu did not understand the meaning of these words.
But, looking at Moran's unwavering back, He felt for a moment that this child was too dazzling.
Not like a child should be.
Both like a god and a king.
A brilliant scene where both coexist.
"Relying solely on a narrow perspective to determine her view, even considering communication unnecessary, and directly choosing to avoid it.
Isn't all of this your own judgment, old man?
What is this if not arrogance?
You gods are too self-centered."
Moran spoke candidly.
He was just short of directly saying that Anu was about to make another mistake, one that would leave Him regretting it immensely.
"Avoidance is never a solution. No matter how difficult the situation, one must choose to take the first step. Can't you gods do what I can do?
If that's the case, then it wouldn't be surprising if the gods of Mesopotamia were to go extinct."
Moran had made himself very clear.
As for the rest, it was up to Anu to understand.
He did not think the wisdom of the gods was low.
Moran was indeed angry at the inaction of the gods, but making the gods pay the price was not what Tiamat wanted; what she truly desired was to become the mother of all beings again.