Episode 3.2.c
>In imāginātiōne TSTT, Trōia, aetās aēnea (Bronze Age)<
Herculēs manum in saccum mittit. parvum saxum capit. saxum lūcet, sīcut Lapis in Titanomachiā lūcēbat.
est pars Lapidis ipsīus!
Herculēs Lapidem in baculō pōnit. subitō ad mōnstrum currit. baculum movet, et lūx ē baculō venit. mōnstrum clāmōrem gravem facit, deinde in mare, in undās altās, fugit.
Lāomedōn ad lītus redit, nam perīculum nōn iam adest. oculī Lāomedontis nōn placent.
"agō grātiās, ō Herculēs et vōs sociī," inquit Lāomedōn. "sed parva difficultās adest. nōnne mōnstrum occīdere prōmīsistī?"
Herculēs caput movet, sed nōn intellegit.
Lāomedōn ad vōs spectat, deinde iterum ad Herculem. "...et occīdistīne?"
nunc Herculēs valdē turbātus est.
"pecūniam tibi dare nōn possum, amīce..." Lāomedōn tacet. nam Herculēs tandem intellegit. baculum tollit. vultus eius saevus est, et īra in oculīs ardet.
quod nunc accidit nōn placet. fīlius Iovis statim Lāomedontem occīdit, deinde ad reliquam familiam sē vertit. spectātis, et perterritī estis: Herculēs omnēs occīdit, ūnum post ūnum. ūnus fīlius Lāomedontis manet. nōmen est Priamus. Priamus vestem auream, vēlāmen, tenet.
Prompt: Hercules must not slay Priamus. Find a way to convince Hercules to spare him and to entrust the Lapis to him.
Helpful words: the verb dēbet means "he/she ought" or "he/she should," and is usually followed by an infinitive (the "to ___" form). For example, Herculēs sedēre dēbet means "Hercules ought to sit down." You may want to use dēbet in your suggestions about what Herculēs or Priamus ought to do to make peace.
