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Some of my colleagues 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSlWXlfq6r
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKwsdvsnn2
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALUHoxr4it
suggestion or hypnosis.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFU7brdCdE
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOMLyXeoHx
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWtElW9Ac5
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Y0MoIgCS
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Pum5vfIto
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnVCJsp2Hn
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9bJWlxx1b
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M1rxdBTMh
capabilities.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EINQVLiuu
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgalG1GurD
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David awakened. Not 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDBiwny9Ld
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOs25fZyZH
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xA1V73jo4
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5kBluW3im
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleR4KQsgfm
undamaged.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ErXqWPZfl
"Only your physical body680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmbYkQYy6d
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCxiU6sXl8
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oHluODmFq
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBRJwXQtF2
A shadowy form appeared.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7PQ6eWIIG
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutEV4kHElB
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4r5Ngz8rX
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wL52DojFG
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4BDQjBOXU
"Am I in the...ether 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIhhz5Wm4J
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhGkTfImes
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7L6S975lr
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlq8hAh2VP
David was tired, too 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXsODvq21V
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn38O1pQnL
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHEokHMKZh
The shadowy hood cocked 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3KJuTqDLE
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZXPkk6P7J
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JtwF266Lw
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIDXkRD9D7
more grateful."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iYNgtmcuM
"I..."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs7SAnXx5A
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fTC2P8fmE
David groaned in 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47cqqG40un
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JsDzktS8q
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBmmpzjSlX
falling point, that'd be fly."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkLSDf0pMT
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2GdYrcp7V
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE80IB8YOWL
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5CAekyIrA
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2equY33pdU
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFc018cR6b
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaeo4g5fOK
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2heGJDnEC
David shouted and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemE5UHZvA2
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydv6mZcZCF
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9abHnsT2s
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsbgB4c27L
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA3ZKCWgXo
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnCFXTU3Gt
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94tdrQbOVh
mist.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4G2kPRFq4
Jester's voice came from680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFet3EgERFC
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3Fj3lJsZI
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPgyCEAQu9
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1V2ueSHQzL
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWqzGtT4q8
creating a circle around Jester and David.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNHK5kutDy
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRV6vUviMd
"Shut up!" David 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RDGy27RL3
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6bdUo2cpy
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3ypBAdjox
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUfg7d7lG6
Jester gave another 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH5DpP8e3H
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNblEiXpZy
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZytEp4Srrn
afraid of the truth?" 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JiODrsy6V
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAGIZmcHiq
"You're what? A 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN2v0VqapC
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS66B9NqrNj
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQpP1VWnqH
you've done not matter." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7RaJyoobi
The shadows completely 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fapx7MbOz
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjBrbOsRNr
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijvp1ngwD2
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhVKqCSJQN
eye and shadows swallowed him.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi24bmbCDC
Shadows parting, David 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfuIg6OiQT
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77uVXmgGL8
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJdSQPx38s
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYApDCaMBR
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcHnJ3JWWj
mother680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdS0dffmw4
"This is my memory." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4mMfXLQWi
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yHXNfGXMh
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zksW1lwGF
David didn't reply to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxHDljPkBW
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZwzGRSL1O
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUpKuf0ZCE
Unaware of what was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk5WKiJPro
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78MIwu42uI
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARdPGGTBTf
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBXDpxaFBh
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnpXd084pP
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1zHVATxQr
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfe7gB9hN1
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrdHvo5lWz
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aNj7JPyrR
Finally the screams of 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsojs7Llaj
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLFdziSzec
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8rMatPgdw
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7uYyjC71v
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMQpS1Xgx9
the baby's throat and squeezed.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6lcNCrhlT
David could feel his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYzKr6WEFZ
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIBlAoDy4k
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ663ouqRaig
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iJfTI7sTO
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsKnlHbzDT
stopped.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzPagDmhgk
"Oh, nonononono." The 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftzmzQaAJe
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67a3OjDL5Y
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHLgiqjfKa
"You who were supposed 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CiB9a3Mny
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GYfADsoFR
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiX5FuRWVr
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsAewR1usS
Coughing David stood up 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaW8VdVotU
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vRX4S7LmW
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii9sheLN7t
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcpvrNgxDf
"No, it was a small 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKmGvlWCOA
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG8oXE6Fot
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzojRY4Xp5h
He was staring at the 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSm416dubW
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRCZqOKgNO
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuyNvX7dx9
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Wun7NKiGq
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoMrdlFL9q
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUKTXEVfTp
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw1DZRyzBm
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAvrigD2pn
"I will!" Came a squeaky680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yu7XeFgwE
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCH8wyfywh
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh444hwSTS
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe3LxfJmMd
was an adult.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWiptGV1TI
A knock came from a door680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZvC9HOksk
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iVropfPfD
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaO90jS4sA
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKCZfffwjB
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbyuq40cBB
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tXNL3HOBx
being a bad boy.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZK9Qi4EKf
That's why he didn't 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbQ8RkX8Ee
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5lrnGXqfg
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZbJN6aqFX
"D..david" the answer 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ2cZ9zu7f
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ec9i1ODtg
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVY8IyJk4g
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWsQBdaXP8
The man put his hands on680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCcLuS2jvb
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51gDZ62MlZ
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbav1xuyn1
David meekly shook his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtw7dxY9kX
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGyqcetS82
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXZ68BvGBl
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnvNgotusq
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlBBr5NWfx
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoSvE0qYoT
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFWxRMgoFh
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszFT7O7wXw
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgx5paWagY
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErUi6aO5U6
Davids body.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSyqirk0om
Please don't. Came adult David's voice680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxHRTDqX80
Young David was scared; 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6bGGbd96W
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88woBrQSS3
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oaiYG58uA
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVeAE4Nvc7
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ089m5mEvBJ
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuWTeHpXIS
"Mummy, mummy!" David 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk1Z6Kz4Wk
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4VvUxbRRj
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn106AsAz8
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFIxlczBtP
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDEMKMzJKZ
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GoILWdess
David didn't even know 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPv9kJPyASO
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KCchCgAEu
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIYpIyuryT
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndwWTXR5By
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJbQ35cMUj
David could barely hear 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXR1L634sfa
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wWUuiHIBR
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusJytcRtOy
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhRjaGSc1h
anger. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kmhqsKXO0
"There are more 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY9MumFOs1
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerGV5Lihti
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6KOvXpc9M
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzix2EyRbTe
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUJuvr2RSC
"What else is there to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIDYo5LReJ
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4rbVw9VHV
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2n6lNHXRk
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYIGGFepBz
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RbcLw1MXh
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaWfVoQdjw
floor. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgto7nFA3x2
Even the pain didn't 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N8qTdJ3sx
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32Q0Lrv2uO
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIefzk97hcy
everything would be gone.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhZ0KUlgvV
~Just like that, give up680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmkdybGFh3
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQQp8smb5d
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuTrwRRMPt
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sQJ3zHTR1
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fLvRPYZtH
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNThq5aml8i
than this."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nSpQkQGkx
~STOP! ~ David dropped 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmyhi6fkfv
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCOlS720vI
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCQLmtFB2p
survive. Survive and live.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKwoWbaK4c
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHAtDojfFu
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevpV9d7RHl
"Indeed." Jester 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTysJ3S0q6
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZTOTI76s9
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVndohMRCz
like his own did.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNajgGuD3EU
"Why did you try 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuZaGUDtDP
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlHoo2Bbnm
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hFMomIg1U
process the influx of memories.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAWZhiI1ZE
"I've been there since you were a child I..I wanted to offer you an escape, but then I got scared I'd get lonely, if you died,"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdH7BwqORO
"You expect me to believe that?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JBYUa8ANw
"Believe what you want."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE706eTjMui
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfnBgKZix2
Jester chuckled. "All of680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tIwrkmWC3
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYKh05vhlS
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19Bbbz2AsD
"That just 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6AGDDgz4f
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XxkW2htz8
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNLaMSXxjl
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrucnlFUbsG
David nodded. "Do it."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEysBEw0j5
Everything shifted. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMjNmDVqAe
David was cleaning his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cOlUHQzr9
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL7wnf8cTl
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4Vl9LYpgB
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTbx1A1VSD
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKw22XFRza
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KLkzpxlbr
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCodLCMWq1
His last one was just 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB64kt7gEwZ
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj3wB8X4QI
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufbnJ20sC2
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFViwfGqx2m
Undamaged goods she loved to say.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAiZiI3RYF
Right on cue, David 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9PMlt2xNZ
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5PsjfqlSZ
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh46Z5v0S06
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYti2RLIK5
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZozf1Kfww
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD017DY2Ti
Why was this his life? 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltPa9aun8e
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfutHeZEt5d
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPUnsDvY61
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tkWovUjOE
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzOUL0EKDa
vein trying to get his eyes. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM5Jnsh3K1
~Enough David.~ A voice 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0F08fg858
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5WtqxyT8A
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4obiMklqz8
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bPrzQfxxk
and met resistance.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJuOaaPQih
The scratching and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCt6SpNjk4
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaaGX8ITBp
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwzBNB23gX
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cphykxg1F
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76rLHtiA2B
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXoQnX6Wcv
Oh god what did he do? 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ2QNPPz4v
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1CqiTOfkL
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQsde9hjGl
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAnRLTSgtQ
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV1EZNbX54
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVMx46H03B
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm4kJ47pSY
blood.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsq1QJHn0p
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PYuhzBajm
There was a pause and everything quieted down.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHjmEhZunb
A boy named David just 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ACIIMQ0lG
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHPNTd3MzC
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqe8doTTdR
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcngsR1evx2
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKfKTr0yyt
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzkSsvJtQb
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf3l2KvgQM
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAy5LzoPFO
silly of him.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprERxs5FdL
Remembering his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qFd3AmvFr
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Detb45Akb
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWVWhEpVbA
table preparing a meal. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IDgkSCpqY
"There you are David!" 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Td6hzuzRp
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMYqaKJpoc
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2manCdGUH
This isn't the truth.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwu4CY5kIx
David obligingly sat 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMLPLBgrfG
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPgrVHXRkN
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyBZUsjK0g
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDVEu1HIXh
A dream, nothing else.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7VYKicuHk
They all thanked the 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaCECKcWeJ
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfDXnNrtgp
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOQ4ttHffU
this lie.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjMgAmqe7S
A lie that has to end.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlPV8JdTvh
David was standing at 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3BUiimwr6
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5DjDx0KdE
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ7F46ntMA
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM080TXKFNJ
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsGQ9iZurc
Either way David hated 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoqifjv7XW
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7ICfhJurm
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYpPf3tDUq
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd13sjJe0m
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCCRy2EwN9
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IOpzgaO86
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo4JPvOQMJ
life this happy blissful life?680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUbBvMYsMj
The answer was so simple680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5wXkjDBzF
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1yyPxDxLx
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxHcqkVju4
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJx1JCFfY2
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TbeOHfOyl
David decided to start 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW1J4XiXAm
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPs32JQX2h
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44q1vd5AUH
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnoh1sLSJx
mother. "No more mercy."680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGb7mCEIft
With the last stab 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTEYIHPoOA
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi51WPIKbP
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrX2sy98mW9
emptiness.
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