['No reeds, just-' Ammit, according to the old tales. Except, apparently that isn't quite right. Ammit was imprisoned by the Ennead, and ever since then, souls who don't make it to the Field of Reeds are cast into the sand to turn into... Well. Steven has a bit too much experience with that. His fingers shift uncomfortably in his lap.]
Right, right! And to get to Elysium, you'd have to cross the river Styx and face the judges, yeah? In the Egyptian underworld, it's the Duat you need to cross. That's not a river, it's a whole landscape, but you could still use a boat for that. [Trust him. He knows.] But then there's also the Wakandan Ancestral Plane, have you heard about that one? You wouldn't expect it, but that one's tied to Egyptian mythology too. They say Bast and Sekhmet will take the hands of the deceased's soul and lead them to an endless green valley. That's like another field, innit? And the Greeks also had that middle ground, didn't they? The Asphodel Fields? So just... Fields all 'round.
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Right, right! And to get to Elysium, you'd have to cross the river Styx and face the judges, yeah? In the Egyptian underworld, it's the Duat you need to cross. That's not a river, it's a whole landscape, but you could still use a boat for that. [Trust him. He knows.] But then there's also the Wakandan Ancestral Plane, have you heard about that one? You wouldn't expect it, but that one's tied to Egyptian mythology too. They say Bast and Sekhmet will take the hands of the deceased's soul and lead them to an endless green valley. That's like another field, innit? And the Greeks also had that middle ground, didn't they? The Asphodel Fields? So just... Fields all 'round.