Tablet 9 of Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is questionin his mortality. He says "Enkidu has died. Must I die too. Must Gilgamesh be like that?" He can feel the fear in the pit of his stomach. I think that because Enkidu has died, Gilgamesh realizes that there will be a day when he will die too, and he is terrified. Gilgamesh has decided to go find Utnapishtim, because he will know how death can be avoided. The journey starts and Gilgamesh must travel in what ia described as complete darkness; utterly lightless, black. Gilgamesh keeps repeating that he is companionless, "He was weeping and fearful, alone, without a companion." Slowly, he started to see gray until the blackness was completely gone and, like the idiom, he saw the light at the end of the tunnel, which was filled with fruits, and trees, and jewels, he could see the sea.