Re: Dealing With Ninkasi
On one hand, if what his niece said was true, he didn't fault her one bit. He wasn't particularly fond of Bastet and her dramatics. Enlil liked Aset well enough, and the rest of the children in her stead, but Bastet was often uncouth and unrestrained and it had an avalanche effect he cared not for. So he almost was going to have difficultly arguing with Ninkasi, though he needed to enforce his word. Thank creation for Nusku...
… and Nergal, whose timely arrival earned a nod of approval. His assistance would possibly be required here for as much as he could utilize the Greek boy, he was going to be of more use to play on Ninkasi's emotional side than to physically overpower her if necessary. Use her weaknesses to their full advantage in the proper order.
Quieter, but definitely intended for Nergal and Kratos to hear, since he may not be the fondest of the Greeks he had accepted the inclusion of that one in his niece's life and... tolerated it, “Whether she cooperates or not,” he said, no longer in Sumerian, in an odd bit of kindness for Kratos, “Son, I want you to disarm her. We both know what the women in our pantheon are like when angry... willing to kill indiscriminately. Family, friends, spouses, lovers...” Enlil's eyes shifted directly to the Greek then, “do keep that specifically in mind, boy.”
He sighed, “if she doesn't cooperate, she has to answer to me eventually, and I do not think you want to fight her. Let Nergal handle it.”
“Do you dare defy him and his order?” Nusku asked Ninkasi coldly, as only the vizier of the lord of storms would demand.
“If she cooperates,” he continued, “I don't care who, but someone remove her from this place. I don't trust that feral beast from starting it back up again.” Enlil did not bother clarifying if he meant Bastet or Dionysos. “Oh, and remind Ereshkigal that I supremely dislike Taweret. She could find a better friend than that vulgar daughter of Re.”