But Ishtar, now that's a name he's familiar with. Flynn squeezes his eyes shut for a moment, concentrating, going back through his memories of ancient scripture until he finds the verses. His voice slips into a more specific Babylonian dialect that is inherent to the words.]
To the netherworld, land of no return, Ištar, daughter of Sîn, set her mind. When Ištar reached the gate of the netherworld, she said these words to the gatekeeper: "O gatekeeper! Open your gate for me, open your gate, that I may enter! If you do not open the gate, that I may enter, I will break down the door, I will smash the bolt, I will break down the frame, I will topple the doors. I will break the lock, I will tear off the knob. I will raise up the dead so that they devour the living, and the dead will outnumber the living."
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But Ishtar, now that's a name he's familiar with. Flynn squeezes his eyes shut for a moment, concentrating, going back through his memories of ancient scripture until he finds the verses. His voice slips into a more specific Babylonian dialect that is inherent to the words.]
To the netherworld, land of no return,
Ištar, daughter of Sîn, set her mind.
When Ištar reached the gate of the netherworld,
she said these words to the gatekeeper:
"O gatekeeper! Open your gate for me,
open your gate, that I may enter!
If you do not open the gate, that I may enter,
I will break down the door, I will smash the bolt,
I will break down the frame, I will topple the doors.
I will break the lock, I will tear off the knob.
I will raise up the dead so that they devour the living,
and the dead will outnumber the living."