The long, incomprehensible words seemed to be competing with the equally perplexing numbers printed neatly in columns and paragraphs on the page.

“I don’t know how else to say this.” He began, wishing his voice could portray the calm needed to convey this message. He fiddled with his hands - a sure sign that he was nervous. Dr. Yoo was young, brilliant and had achieved far more in his field than his youth would imply.

“Y-you have 3 weeks left to live.”