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Some of my colleagues 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73cWHXTooh
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhCjSw2gs9
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWW55C9L5I
suggestion or hypnosis.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx6ySyQwEA
886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURNmau9VtH
Utter none sense I say! In a world where886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha3EARRMQS
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr8LWQniKa
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUtJgN1NJN
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEiwmZgmTU
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GXrj53byG
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzGCzT7CPl
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT7CWA7gkW
capabilities.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0xCX1191I
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsY4bSELPe
_________________________________________________________________886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAXhMyTFJ2
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David awakened. Not 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXHArVlqRa
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCAE6gwY67
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WBWqfnnA0
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lrQcNt6dX
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tLAKQYBvL
undamaged.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zAf6bwAHZ
"Only your physical body886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5KI9C2B5J
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbw1aA0aGj
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iOTpQg4Jg
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3t4Huwj6Bo
A shadowy form appeared.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFuoTmvBeK
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ijc7AMM7m
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRWRM9GZDD
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd0cQHIGv3
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdjiELrlW7
"Am I in the...ether 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FIUuCoSl8
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYY59SZzdJ
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2LFjhyqkG
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbdUMYZPSR
David was tired, too 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw2wQeC9oA
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSky1VUtLrF
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZ7tFRjBfZ
The shadowy hood cocked 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9ph5aSAEv
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyakl3LRPC
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5Xxd8BLTx
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFREOa0W77
more grateful."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpBkv4DzxE
"I..."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwui1Hoj0Nq
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNER1kOKe7
David groaned in 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMFXEIjRL9
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtiic7lxGX
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3foniU32IB
falling point, that'd be fly."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSySaGBa1f
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJKSUfScio
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVRR0XdHiU
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F8WEkEgEB
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQuyJG8cHf
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8dq2Z5Cx5
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0pDa4jQ7i
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ535CCURkWi
David shouted and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZs3spZUIP
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4DAsAmxMF
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY69h8TZew
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDeUjtnQee
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2stKTMvPE
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyJ7DCHuTc
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzdSXKf6YH
mist.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnvZ7Z6TTx
Jester's voice came from886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoDSQODDMs
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWS7nMFgHi
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHFsfWhHKq
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2QVwJS5kK
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeELGLHOPg
creating a circle around Jester and David.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KW1gWOISJ
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9MlNIuGHa
"Shut up!" David 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzqH1YYx5l
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBblTRX7ZUv
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhPvAiqtVD
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzAULNy0GU
Jester gave another 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsSvi6GHQ9
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I3Ctbl3Y2
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq72KLz2jt
afraid of the truth?" 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkzrN6Oh9k
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKdm1vz92F
"You're what? A 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGduCbfCoBD
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7dW2Q9Z2F
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAFFWgy19F
you've done not matter." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmw3Ufn04K
The shadows completely 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3LGuAoRgS
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGekLKgWHXq
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5Bx0TtrwU
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IGDDrPRuf
eye and shadows swallowed him.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4CyfR1rGA
Shadows parting, David 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncOJ96yQKh
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSerEmQMh0B
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33g3MTRoIi
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgNigt3rrU
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc5tHkBZSh
mother886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlFAGDb7NJ
"This is my memory." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6UAAHolRG
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5qy6XFaNn
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfRTSmK5Gd
David didn't reply to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpU39f03er
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMrhQyU7U4
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe50YnObTv
Unaware of what was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFqM3UIOFW
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBYAj3ewe8
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1RCO0tDTp
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu42tf2cTl7
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW3g6Qt4KQ
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84la8nDyWy
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyliPIDTec
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlegq3qmCc7
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iki0nivkG
Finally the screams of 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQjkX2Q3oT
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3NXzPzPZw
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYuUKucjZG
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5985ofpzy
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLi7Q5aRrsI
the baby's throat and squeezed.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdqj1bNeit
David could feel his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkWbafVlXM
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHfbAPN7ys
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsGoAy2rd2
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5Xe9adI1H
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeGaLcnHyN
stopped.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9sUCuUaAV
"Oh, nonononono." The 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAq5AofOPRg
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42iOJkxTHJ
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICy5FUmC50
"You who were supposed 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrkM93Ke6S
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgmzBFO82c
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uQAWRDfOX
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHTdIzXdHv
Coughing David stood up 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIAmFp9hUE
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNvxwIKYKE
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JRsMurNAr
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0JiQmOg0e
"No, it was a small 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyQEhxBMEd
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDPF6MsFPf
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRzwhjG6FJ
He was staring at the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMz8sl9Y0Sc
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXToXlh6c0L
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWJvlXXWkb
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud3tMg4Uqi
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgVpJomG0A
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX9Os9zLsF
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAeNqHFasQ
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN2pZyU5U6
"I will!" Came a squeaky886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzf9UpAcgw
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZjF0gU6Av
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXwgz13VxR
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBD3Io1vMp
was an adult.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtkazgAcrt
A knock came from a door886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRhodKB8ja
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrDhopTikm
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIDBsXtSGU
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumwFhjo6PD
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEkdsK8OfU
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3dcwu0kuo
being a bad boy.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvtfBnpL0j
That's why he didn't 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW0qyNM217
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyEQStmY0z
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rkNEjxzoP
"D..david" the answer 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yEuFEJmYa
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB06wtFJPt
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPtYkQtgRQ
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YFGnvJpMS
The man put his hands on886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GLwiHNeup
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1tK5yqiK1
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU14mWhJ8q
David meekly shook his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65T6Sy72Ru
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjZ1wzn2FT
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna4bQF5hfy
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34d360Rp1f
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6WwoyIHzE
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UhGSy0VuR
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07zV2gapZY
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r7JM2bgcP
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjKWmKNiEt
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFGgwbWFgq
Davids body.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsHqjJUv9S
Please don't. Came adult David's voice886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1Lm6IJqN6
Young David was scared; 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5cdZ1rzg0
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXta3r1QhQr
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd0Q22uzGL
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2WjpDnJ7H
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UsfugqCNa
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEU4XqwzT0
"Mummy, mummy!" David 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvdAKeB9Yw
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZKuJIDrhW
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhrIaawNrc
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTijocno8fv
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmX0P4l0zl
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkNtcDeFW2
David didn't even know 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg3f8tyeM8
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt36c5IIWgD
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDExKO2cL5y
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBsBFjAnSb
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRkSFZQkHE
David could barely hear 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMzdp2XQkQ
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ88sIOtz4
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTMJut69ZG
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCZB9CoalR
anger. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIN8mXbID2
"There are more 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9Y0GhXzDp
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s1J4pXrTl
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt33HYofV45
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIIjsYw0yH
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKau8tQaPK
"What else is there to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZQA249Ij2
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsKsExwEyV
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPljXWpTf9z
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvlgMb5naD
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q9Olf0ONW
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w2Ov3CqQO
floor. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn405iZj9vF
Even the pain didn't 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQSaEV30LJ
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFm4SSKDtl
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuNMwll4Rz
everything would be gone.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVTE0bzXMz
~Just like that, give up886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV91QO7NNzO
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKiH8Uc5My
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWAUatFAWg
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pO7b8JTfQ
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME9q8c3Agy
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqFSvdF17F
than this."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf803OouJxM
~STOP! ~ David dropped 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlH2cxujio
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcNWy0KTK1
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2h62R4ijI
survive. Survive and live.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCCcXEcKT1
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmtUJbtQUI
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHzYWJJpZD
"Indeed." Jester 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq77Jy9hsTf
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUbgol2SEV
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWwBlm1ZL4
like his own did.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuR63p2iWd
"Why did you try 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveJHVFvGjC
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnqi2HQKIM
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3hEgGV4Oq
process the influx of memories.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HCFtJchOU
"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,"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAZCsBBVyK
"You expect me to believe that?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzSIyV4kw4
"Believe what you want."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwwKUhmllB
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XsvpjIvkb
Jester chuckled. "All of886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5wf22cGh4
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwQxNgZ7sn
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP91ug5M3L
"That just 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pXZlfSvL0
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBerNHhu0Tb
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsFPNCWqC6
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlTosxMQK1
David nodded. "Do it."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NWuQyifqG
Everything shifted. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBgHAWIJYo
David was cleaning his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZQmsy72dV
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIOaukYodj
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcgiTXR4sl
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpx5hOxPIUp
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPa8jJURib
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4REg3czlYK
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0laHVADc6
His last one was just 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSYpaQJBzc
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRwwR2Dlfu
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUESB1ocW0T
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPdqsm00UO
Undamaged goods she loved to say.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0U8DygmQb
Right on cue, David 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXEZI1ztvn
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkGUrVHod7
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL32L0Heh2r
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFsAuKFjro
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46WmGFnmJk
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDS1aUM6Mib
Why was this his life? 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZt2CuKbzM
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnXXje31PY
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYbPjk9joq
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIkrfJ51C9
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1kkegY1fZ
vein trying to get his eyes. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV6iW59DIm
~Enough David.~ A voice 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfi5d9ZhiO
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF12I8SzQMF
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4BR3NRmwb
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVteICRBRVX
and met resistance.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0xA25Xizj
The scratching and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfigbAzw9K0
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppB1JwM5Af
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A2bG5HY3t
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpW7w2aWcR
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE3MKW7IUp
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbub8TsF2H
Oh god what did he do? 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuiOANQAOC
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDRGqhEWZr
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hAg66Vppp
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGgAdChyvG
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxdSpV2RJ8
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLFVdQvSPX
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNzm23lTkY
blood.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2j2PbKkXk
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUHXExBQib
There was a pause and everything quieted down.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFwD8eSmt1
A boy named David just 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ayEIm9UqM
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtzJVuKhsV
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H9YlLN7FN
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifYqWc71zK
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BAfC9PwVM
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5MlQVxa9B
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P2x0JNQD2
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aNFBWhaDy
silly of him.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFES6Qp5mzx
Remembering his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiguHuecSSj
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzIMS9Ndyt
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzn2LiUS5Rd
table preparing a meal. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4Dy6TBRA6
"There you are David!" 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8rQN4f84H
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16ia9a45G0
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GYkgpUeX3
This isn't the truth.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoITBPc47VR
David obligingly sat 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV14yBkPAU
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3xMuTTPfm
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSbaD9KrQB
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWSohial5U
A dream, nothing else.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ6mbnFee5
They all thanked the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gj4msrmoJ
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZAwDdu2yr
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIOoD1J8tA
this lie.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW15EpJAPU
A lie that has to end.886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IeL7gPen8
David was standing at 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJlOfDIH5m
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsPQQCUfZN
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFffcyVXa8S
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPBWzM633v
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXk2NjMVUx
Either way David hated 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvAeaAZ9Ln
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNzuyrZfaf
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt8PBvpYnq
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9acIdKIyw
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZMiPizWJZ
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9oYra7hVu
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQydMisG2d
life this happy blissful life?886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWos7ijgED0
The answer was so simple886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrvZDTXiko
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EEnTRxcdP
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuS3KKCmWKU
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NTTvL7p2T
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V0wQiqEp0
David decided to start 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkehvI1AGt
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRzsPcNpWx
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtu4HQeHup0
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRsANxCL9R
mother. "No more mercy."886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoSeuTviaa
With the last stab 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrSrXHgTnX
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAHsqG7UaT
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast886Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pvl1388Fq
emptiness.
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and then Add to home screen.