Gilgamesh addressed the flushing face of Artoria in a very interesting way. Apparently, she should consider making an identity of the constant reddening visage she possessed. His joke was heard and received and to go along with it a cheeky smirk crossed her face. "Maybe I will. Then my face will not change while you talk to me~" she chimed in how she would abuse such a thing. Actually, if she could get her reactions to him under her own control again that would be most beneficial but she was not too serious about such a course of action.
Whatever the case, Gilgamesh was apparently willing to accept the idea that he held the notion of camaraderie in high esteem. Though he apparently thought Artoria foolish for offering a rivalry of any kind. According to the man in question he did not lost and she could do nothing but chuckle in the aftermath of such a statement. "I did not seek rivalry with you Gil, you placed yourself in front of me like a barricade. And continue to stand unmoving when you say things like you do not lose. So much sweeter is the victory when it is deemed impossible..." she said seeming to be amused. "Rivalry and friendship are day and night, their likeness is only a matter of dependency~" she noted seeming to be fine. "Play or do not, that choice is yours... but you will not find interest by just twiddling your thumbs."
Apparently talk of Ishtar would lead them down an interesting path. Gilgamesh would apparently share the details of his underworld trip, along with the former goddess' actions during that time period. He searched for two things, knowing only that he would eventually escape, one of them was the answer to Artoria's death. She knew that one he'd told her of this search when he'd come out of the underworld. The other thing he'd looked for? His friend, Enkidu. As she heard this part Artoria's expression softened ever so gently. Strange though it was, she respected the friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and understood that he was heartbroken about that being's demise. This tale of Ishtar was quite frankly one of the dumbest moment's she'd ever heard of an individual undertaking. She wanted Gilgamesh to accept her in exchange for his way out of the underworld. She told him the information he was looking for without prompting and then refused the offering of her continued existence because she felt ignored. "Haha---" Artoria covered her mouth she had to stifle that one lest she not hear the rest. A gentle cough cleared her throat and then there was everything else. The question that popped into Artoria's mind after hearing Gilgamesh's word, was a question the goddess herself should have asked. "Which Divine Tool?" that was a simple enough question one of great concern. This man could have offered her a weapon, or used it in some shady way. "I should say that I have heard some rather interesting things about that one. I know this did not go the way she wanted and I am sure there is some hidden implication behind those words that she was too hasty to seek proper clarification for," Artoria said seeming to take new issue with the Goddess. That same woman had brashly attacked her when she'd had no interest in Gilgamesh and had the audacity to send untrained, untested men to her bedside. What did she feel knowing the goddess was made to pay up with her body for all the promises she'd made? Notthing. As far as she was concerned, Ishtar had lost all ability to claim the defense of a girl the moment she violated the social circle of womanhood.