"According to Ancient Egyptian tradition, from the age of the pyramids—or even earlier—tombs were always built alongside temples. People held sacrificial rites in the temples, while the tombs were where the male and female masters crossed the underworld and returned to the human realm to gain eternal life. Duat was not actually a place anyone would miss. It was a miserable land without water or air, dark and profound. So, after being judged, ordinary dead would generally return to the mortal world as gods, accepting offerings from the living in temples, or returning to their own tombs. Those dead who had not undergone judgment were called the cursed. Nefertari's situation was somewhat different. Her image was fashioned as an incarnation of the goddess Hathor. The sounds you can hear are how gods communicate with people in Egypt. Look at this stele." Gong Saiyi led Pomona and Severus to a stele carved all over with ears. "Small shrines are usually built outside major temples, and stelae like this are placed inside. You can think of it as something like a telephone. The gods hear their followers' prayers through it, while the followers hear the call of the gods through the ears. This method of communication is called 'listening ears.' Temples also have places for pilgrims to sleep. Those pilgrims communicate with the gods in their dreams. This method is called 'incubation.' But Egyptian gods have both righteous and wicked sides. We'd better not act rashly."
"So the one singing now is an Egyptian god?" Severus flicked his center-parted hair aside. In his hand, he held a small snake that kept twisting.
"I don't know!" Gong Saiyi impatiently raked his fingers through his hair. "Egyptian legends speak of a demon that devours stars. It surrounds Akh with a group of eight crocodiles.