Episode 8.2.a
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Mission Control is eerily silent.
"pretium meum prō signō parvum est," inquit Sinistrus, "sed labōriōsum erit, ō Recentiī. (signum est nota quae in corpore pingitur; signātī sōlī in praetōrium intrāre possunt.)
"exāmen trānsīre dēbētis. quisque respondēbit, dīcō dē Recentiīs"—subitō ad lacūnar aspicit et manum prōrsus rūrsusque movet, waving at someone up there beyond the ceiling, beaming at his own joke—"I mean the Recentii, not the miserable students sitting in front of their calculators—quisque respondēbit ad hanc quaestiōnem:
"'Can learning Roman culture save civilization?'
"Whether your—what does big-D call it? Ah, yes, your 'team'—chooses ita vērō or minimē, you will answer at a length of ten minutes. So I don't want any namby-pamby"—(here Sinistrus makes the strangest pouting face you have ever seen)—"minimē, because Latin sux nonsense. If you answer minimē, you prove that Roman culture cannot save you. Because the Romans wrecked their civilization, rather like you are wrecking yours. Oh, wait. I think I just argued the opposite of what I meant.
"Anyway. You have until whenever...
mīrābilem ātrum lapidem ē marsuppiō capit. in eō aliquid premit, deinde digitum trāns lapidem movet. āter lapis lūcet, plēnus minimīs pictūrīs. eum tenet sīcut puer rem cāram tenet.
"...your Agent says this prompt is due. So you must decide what your answer is going to be."
Prompt: Decide what your Recentius's answer to the question will be: ita vērō or minimē. Discuss this only in your team forum.
