[ He's right. No flowers can bloom in Kûr, and that's not for lack of trying. She's tried everything she could do get something to grow, to no avail. Even Enkidu, when he accidentally fell into the Underworld, tried to grow flowers as thanks and failed.
But it's possible. She's known it ever since the flower mage used his magic to fill her Underworld with flowers. And clearly in his pantheon, that's possible too. ]
... Then that's the payment.
[ She looks down at him with a smile. ]
Teach me how to grow flowers in a land where life cannot flourish. [On a conceptual level, Kûr and Mictlan should be the same thing. If flowers can grow in his realm... Then they can grow in hers. Maybe to him it's nothing special, but that's a secret none in her pantheon know of.] And we'll be even.
[ Honestly she would have carried him to LILITH for free, that was the idea at first anyway...
... But she hopes making it out to be a "payment" will make it likelier he will accept. ]
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But it's possible. She's known it ever since the flower mage used his magic to fill her Underworld with flowers. And clearly in his pantheon, that's possible too. ]
... Then that's the payment.
[ She looks down at him with a smile. ]
Teach me how to grow flowers in a land where life cannot flourish. [On a conceptual level, Kûr and Mictlan should be the same thing. If flowers can grow in his realm... Then they can grow in hers. Maybe to him it's nothing special, but that's a secret none in her pantheon know of.] And we'll be even.
[ Honestly she would have carried him to LILITH for free, that was the idea at first anyway...
... But she hopes making it out to be a "payment" will make it likelier he will accept. ]