II: Powers That Be (WIP)

News of Kilton Reiss' near deadly assault on Hail spread like wildfire; certainly Hail was very fortunate to have survived. As time passed, of course, the story faded into whispers and so too did Kilton. No one had seen him since the incident. 

Perhaps coincidentally, Remy Rocher had been in Provence at the very same time as Hail and Arjun Maheswari. He had been traveling on Park Se-Yun's world tour as a sound stage engineer and a few shows in Provence were part of the last leg of the tour and his attendance of the Provence Games Week. He'd heard all about Hail and Arjun's story; there seemed to be a few still-lingering rumors circulating about exactly what transpired there. Somehow, Remy believed them all. 


He had been given news of his own before the trip from his physician, Dr. Genouville: he had pancreatic cancer. 

After the concert spectacle was over, Remy returned to his harsh reality. He hadn't thought to tell Park, even if they had become fast friends on the road. That shouldn't suggest, however, that Park hadn't noticed that something was...amiss. Remy hadn't even mentioned it to his loved ones, nor could he imagine how. He couldn't bare the thought of all the treatments that were in store for him. The medications. The soft-eyed people around him. 

Exhaustion crept upon him night after night, and occasionally he found himself wandering outside of town and into the foothills or along the shoreline to seek a peaceful, albeit bitter solitude. He'd given to drinking rather heavily, too, in spite of the fact that Dr. Genouville had all but forbidden it. 

A Strange Golden Coin