Even having just met him, she challenges Gilgamesh, saying “’If you are that Gilgamesh who seized and killed the Bull of the Heaven…who overthrew Humbaba…, why is despair in your heart’” (page 101). Right from the start, she is implying that power and vulnerability are not often seen together, especially in men. She shows compassion as she listens to him, and she gives such wise advice, asking “where are you hurrying to? You will never find that life for which you are looking” (page 102). She attempts to change Gilgamesh by dissuading his unhealthy obsession with obtaining immortality, but knows he will not listen. She extends her wisdom and guidance even further when she leads him to Urshanabi and Utnapishtim, so that he may get what he
