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Some of my colleagues 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wyaxYIANB
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfwE7GT468
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCUVRDd4v8
suggestion or hypnosis.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UW73SjXgX
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBNBwN8XRH
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV4oyCUbo4
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPoErr7Of8
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfiFNW37B2
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeULGbsDggd
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91DBXHJQkR
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AHr7588BK
capabilities.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t7NP9SVjJ
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgjyeVLZg1
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David awakened. Not 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4CpqgvHh0
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2SUYYAuCW
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKxf2XOI3I
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrD1luVTbh
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbtWORlPW0
undamaged.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKo5yIMgbr
"Only your physical body568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57w8tEBNcz
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc47MPjOEb
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSZ5zkC5Dp
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCbJNQlrPY
A shadowy form appeared.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC367ehwZz
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslAI8sJwXN
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSrG7IPwvU
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0jyEeZ6kk
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMde6oYogZW
"Am I in the...ether 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8MjQnNf3V
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9uTtseKoa
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzDNDfMW0p
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nFTDU5WBH
David was tired, too 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72JPAU5cqQ
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g46d4b5Yj
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B4dt67LlX
The shadowy hood cocked 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPYTHcstQa
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLHts0dffh
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7rZCBt1lU
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2pucSU9qN
more grateful."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMaPW7Pdoe
"I..."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6cNq6tJwH
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThWVDgAImX
David groaned in 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8ZLLsWsS8
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nmjOhfooT
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1CtTbHdPu
falling point, that'd be fly."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa8c8Gfb0X
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2TfxHC265
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQMhd4hkAm
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXtP9TjEvw
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiebDdCaIR
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdMGZgxFVp
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjpPHDU7zL
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi68PNtouey
David shouted and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegpqmClMfw
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l3tVjuVZM
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7WUR1bPjX
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSIiH7plxj
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5DOp67SB1
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEvcuMtEGY
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5egcULaYN
mist.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1TPpI1w9v
Jester's voice came from568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz3OhkinXC
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTPopiQGXR
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgf9bfLYDR
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeHCh0x40y
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjYlrDW7oD
creating a circle around Jester and David.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZleW9tdOv
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uYnezZ8V9
"Shut up!" David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK66pr0lYCS
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jc3iHeSPZ
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC5B97aJPH
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnbbwlNGkV
Jester gave another 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y1oL0CBE5
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfJSbJk8du
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBetmnKQcu
afraid of the truth?" 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lnbTQg7kP
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLriWENIuh
"You're what? A 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUHNAs1Jr5
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OQVIFHP0v
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFxlBQlYcb
you've done not matter." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZQmGaW1wJ
The shadows completely 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWqooLrCJW
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YF7ZcFP2B
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyetRmOxgQ
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87txuPH9Xc
eye and shadows swallowed him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx10FVHdeAe
Shadows parting, David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyQhmjSjTz
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodpBbAPkhe
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Z4cWVs8q0
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6BbaF11Me
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaJNk0YVb8
mother568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3GWV5KxUV
"This is my memory." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg7uWDBCRZ
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2dRa8AEVA
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OijtYwbxo
David didn't reply to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyo3E1GlkD5
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPLNFfPj8g
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGYpl95U33
Unaware of what was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wM6tVt68Q
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmntSxngtdY
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QjRh9wDcW
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTnRFU7Ov8
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC660ifUCFu
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrBLY3zyzU
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZpzsswFWC
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGcRfWx3qk
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHrDKqi5rf
Finally the screams of 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5edBYVou0
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZhE88zEa7
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqNpSrgqXc
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbvNggFltK
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvI1vOkmvo
the baby's throat and squeezed.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHQbEPXLSq
David could feel his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6MaLbNASQ
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASrCM5ObNQ
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NBilAVKpP
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMecnUZ9Z6d
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHzWQGLrHg
stopped.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAiw7cZWSk
"Oh, nonononono." The 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDJSLhINNK
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpjVtNbDTj
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRJ2r42ldA
"You who were supposed 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2F2Z93o4KL
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFxaupHtvv
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooT7Ma6p1O
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYPB7yxa1D
Coughing David stood up 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdPB2HFKs9
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJwWG8Yk3B
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4kyEOkrUq
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9MoqZpUl2
"No, it was a small 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbodRrcZ2FK
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccAskznXvE
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K67yi3nnd
He was staring at the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6pympmiuX
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrWA0IFxYd
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx4pzDONMB
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GV7sfskAn
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPU5AUh4bN
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmd00RYAWf
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB35arHKjLh
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwedV96120
"I will!" Came a squeaky568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXf4hJBFdq
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxxWPDUCZD
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicEHxs9Eyv
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2t8vq83Qoc
was an adult.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzbJ5ddzLz
A knock came from a door568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol3e8SBuhA
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56v1MANF62
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPdhsDhEXN
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXYT5Ob0Yh
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKplmYiDx1D
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVo8agMExf
being a bad boy.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtzZ7bFWmH
That's why he didn't 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA3j6Mykcm
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nTx7SFFiq
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7gG8VW1vA
"D..david" the answer 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbnX5P85Xs
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8RKyDdPJw
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbpDJksO0A
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtTKyyDmIY
The man put his hands on568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr6OaA3goK
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4Ngpfh9ch
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDBxS48647
David meekly shook his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQGOAsFZnL
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AVoR3r1Tk
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasZLIyH0wJ
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRO9QP8svs
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSBArWjEdF
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJte0PCAdbG
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4Rihrxf5O
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotTC9BBCx7
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SgP1jftlc
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2W4Ios2AW
Davids body.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ez2KOyiZM
Please don't. Came adult David's voice568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o8l8YpPrx
Young David was scared; 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksI0ExVJpf
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zyG00ZgVe
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCZxGYLmNH
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yvJJWpthL
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjzF8gcTw1
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzVYMlLGXL
"Mummy, mummy!" David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixths4NREv
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY56LGp4KkW
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWGaaKJXCw
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqjVQmcxFG
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaQg1Xg7F3
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM69KO5ZHQ
David didn't even know 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wSSEnYYoe
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1TxIjcdd6
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKKl02XOp2
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPngZ5hFEGA
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazBP2q0jxO
David could barely hear 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6VAfIyaAG
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjx5HrVK1V
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ50KfPidI
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65fK7MqlkF
anger. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52JkanrQb4
"There are more 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNsmCxC5hP
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmvMuCP3mt
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fud5jslFH
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0fXkkHo6I
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFMoiFRib3
"What else is there to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDix79nSFuL
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0GLcvHwJU
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwkiKVSChG
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs2zvtK259
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hJuJ1RAuo
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgMIomr3GK
floor. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndfgFLTnWl
Even the pain didn't 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyy3azvu39
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWqaiQDuOz
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTerkWxnmgC
everything would be gone.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS9PJUhxEK
~Just like that, give up568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn3VVk1f6I
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSu8jFw7g3
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqX2k0JVL3
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0UsVKgpM6
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5KBpTejfD
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0w7rigvDC
than this."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aOQTY1N89
~STOP! ~ David dropped 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyOHKttwxt
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ644452bep7
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpABWEjiqc
survive. Survive and live.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GXX7lAgyi
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPtbwPQEbj
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HXsO6BCxR
"Indeed." Jester 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGxaqKYwQu
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeZho18OVz
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xbdsyRtmf
like his own did.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor0ZFpmR6X
"Why did you try 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuanf9xWEG
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnlax1DjEa
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RK5s6UQjz
process the influx of memories.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs2JbRxinb
"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,"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzk9VX6oFo
"You expect me to believe that?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xf5RgxZzz
"Believe what you want."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ACjHMGiss
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bpbtLh3Mm
Jester chuckled. "All of568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCE5PWpbuP
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qWBsWNqPH
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPSDEntqW8
"That just 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7b3xgWZ3Q
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1bQHE5X2h
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJjGHa7DVr
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYTEDiVTBb
David nodded. "Do it."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C6OGRvs5y
Everything shifted. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sdvFAy2Fo
David was cleaning his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Aiwiw3wfL
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly0Iq7uqid
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgygEKYnFc
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yX5Tp4Kor
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQqXcW2TvJ
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdEwN5L1MH
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyR1QQ6oR7x
His last one was just 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCPtmSMFyg
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoLChCNzLi
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzKkLwlI8A
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiNps71v0L
Undamaged goods she loved to say.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEziPjHDaFc
Right on cue, David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KPUKnsMwb
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXg6AJ6LK0
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBKa9v3wx7
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGQoKkqHWr
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmswrIDkZr
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02u3z5DJGH
Why was this his life? 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrtC4jPyLE
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZcWiGC1bf
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorOTLTa8tK
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kGHyWRPwQ
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd96VMDxzxK
vein trying to get his eyes. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd6OIBsllj
~Enough David.~ A voice 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFElmewtgBc
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AiUZ4VlVi
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7Tpzr7r0J
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxXN2yERYm
and met resistance.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSszKyJtsZh
The scratching and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzptILzA453
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltJAUMrTtz
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSfIWOCGU9
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrwIlokTqW
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNlwt5WYP3
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfYJx6drpr
Oh god what did he do? 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQI6CYItUs
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Oy9pFrTrd
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7MRFWcCyO
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzbEESWxj6
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSJF2OaKOH
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVOiHfm17R
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDs4XSRu48
blood.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhgfZ4H8eR
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7S5Oxycke
There was a pause and everything quieted down.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91EBdsncOt
A boy named David just 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzbXPMpSML
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUSDz1hFyh
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPSLQGat8V
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFRg5grRSE
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhMskN5eZJ
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaubiceWKs6
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnuK0BD8KS
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3ndCjdUfi
silly of him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwyRRMaizF
Remembering his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutp6B848A0
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPLSNfacMQ
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3SLHZyXIk
table preparing a meal. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IC4ISjZys
"There you are David!" 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI2CNW5OR4
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPwSPjUpa4
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkYPLiZgX6
This isn't the truth.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiEVIoPD4r
David obligingly sat 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlThEnwW51
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcLiVnfnyN
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqbqc0kfIS
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcarL0qU8p
A dream, nothing else.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c1uBLlduQ
They all thanked the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaeoL8nJHG
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhmZw1jsv9
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGYoUdQozD
this lie.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArUfksYw7l
A lie that has to end.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtapn3kOuB
David was standing at 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz2FVAK1XB
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4bdr2fMWk
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2iCjOjF3d
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwosQLBKmCs
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx761dt9d3u
Either way David hated 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrvshFgE56
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWImaCQgurz
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdV1kRjkHYY
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGXwZQSsBj
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTklcEuoe4S
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ViYS20a90
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDPvAnMMS7
life this happy blissful life?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh8jJlXOKv
The answer was so simple568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkImK8odQCe
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhUKRERknH
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3e2CUzOOZ
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFk3Ggi4Q7
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZRGpKp5jg
David decided to start 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZTvMjYlep
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NEY0e3h5J
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJZRSSSDUJ
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWygOOkQ9z
mother. "No more mercy."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU6UiybRmQ
With the last stab 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCZS3F8ez9
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yAenGXxSM
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyRKiuo3Gb
emptiness.
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