Josephine is playing chess with her brother, Erve d'Or , both children of the mysterious Herr de la Couronne. But Erve is sitting on the right side of the chess set, holding the white pieces, while Josephine is on the wrong side of the set, holding the black ones. Erve as ever, is in the light, she is in the shadow. He is the head of the golden coin, she is the tail of it, 'le revers de la medaille'. Erve still lives in the Kingdom, enjoying its beautiful fruits. Josephine is in exile on an island in space. They meet but rarely , to play their favorite game together, with not a word uttered on what is really at stake between them.
The tournament will be long, as neither of them is ever ageing, neither of them is ever weakening.
In the game of life, Erve wins. In the after-life, they both lose.
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