The Game Of Swapped Destinies

In a distant land, a king, after a life of conquest, prepares for his final day. At his side is the most faithful of his slaves: they are nearly the same age, and the king has taken everything from the slave: his land, his wife, his children, his freedom. Yet their destinies have since then become inextricably linked, and now they stand side by side on the king's final day. But when it comes to making his final gesture, placing the coin that will...