FF7 Neo Riddles

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Neither of those.

Repost:

Like heiroglyphs from old Egyptian days,
the "teller" is gone but the story stays:
Pharaohs to heaven must pay a great fare
with riches they often postmortemly wear.
Or, if that reading is quite incorrect,
and the item in question was meant to protect,
well clearly the wearer neglected to stay,
so perhaps we conclude 'twas a curse either way.

Hints (updated):

-the first line is literal but does not refer to actual heiroglyphs--only something like them
-nothing to do with the main plotline

Guesses:

murals in the black materia room
white materia
combat square floor
reunion tattoos