Episode 4.b
>Tellus's Chamber / The Caucasus, mythic time, across the seam<
Tellus remembers now, and she has told you everything. She told you about Caelus, the sky, and how cruel he was, and about the children he would not let come into the world. She told you how her grief grew until she made the falx and put it into Saturn's hand. Then she told you what Prometheus's plan would mean. If the falx never reaches Saturn, Caelus is never overthrown, and the Titans stay trapped forever. Without the Titans there are no Olympians, and without the Olympians there are no mortals at all. Vesta's hearth, Vulcan's forge, Jupiter's throne: nothing you have seen since the broken chains could ever have happened.
The flame in your hand burns brighter than it ever has. The chamber feels steady and warm around you now, whole again, and Tellus stands in the middle of it with her hand resting on the stone. She looks at you for a long time.
"He is at the rock," she says, "the place where you began. He has the falx with him, and he will not give it up easily." She lifts her hand from the wall, and the stone splits open. A narrow seam of pale light opens in the air in front of you, and through it you can see the Caucasus: grey rock, open sky, and the ledge where the chains used to hang.
Prometheus is sitting on the rock with the falx across his knees. He looks older than you expected, or maybe only more tired. When the seam opens, he turns toward it and sees you, and he does not look surprised.
Quintus steps forward. "This is it. You know the whole story now: the Titans trapped in the dark, the falx that set them free, and everything that came after. You can see him, and he can hear you. Make your case."
The seam holds, but it is thin, and the light at its edges flickers. Prometheus watches you through it and waits, his hands resting on the sickle that started everything.
Prompt: You can see Prometheus through the seam, and he can hear you. You know what Tellus told you: how the world was put in order, what happened to the Titans, and what his plan would undo. Speak to him and make your argument.
