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Some of my colleagues 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA7K3RfLYI
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MnUDs33nE
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiAaa9cJ8O
suggestion or hypnosis.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKHWYmjIdq
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOprCu90VxX
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMOGI2lR5P
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIrAitTPR0
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbcufafYko
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygQlKXEpMe
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy5QrYauVw
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdUaN9SHfN
capabilities.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkSgV9pkUF
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepkobLJ366
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David awakened. Not 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MyiBRdyF3
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7KtD4zlKG
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYxlSXUNxV
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAKoVQC9TP
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiKkRLUDVv
undamaged.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgWc3f6Koe
"Only your physical body608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFDd7zGK4l
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxuffcVmkG
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T0ynn4Jw8
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkV52Ouwcd
A shadowy form appeared.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZWFCtk2zv
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbAVtWANq8
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjjEMOtzNY
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61pWEiLkMG
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNTcXFLL31
"Am I in the...ether 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3tCqh89dV
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LElF7VZb3
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXnXN5uzCM
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41aioIdhbV
David was tired, too 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOvzw4cxYS
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCexe3ZIET
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKC6L9sUet
The shadowy hood cocked 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCD18BYL4e
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvn1sJc8Zh
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QBaWUe1cT
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wOS6xdNJJ
more grateful."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7aElvzm0m
"I..."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX11g7xngcQ
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJjeEgFKcL
David groaned in 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL9mxATKjQ
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB7PXBNhcK
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXEST0PB88
falling point, that'd be fly."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaCJKiWxJD
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsL3EHcN3mW
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbCAiwRs8T
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkzg8YygWx
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5PBA9HAR4
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDE9OaHW10
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvpFRjOhpQ
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsvaC6Ib5U
David shouted and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGABb6IExLU
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWNCnIrIjW
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodHJynDp4T
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpycaKuHD5I
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3epFQwSvT
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRFEGHXriM
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAYtxL9Mf6
mist.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwgo6Wn50K
Jester's voice came from608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9fM6Y1q7z
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYpLHdYFfj
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKpc7xnPX2
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJrq1GQ8Ni
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEFP9lGMiq
creating a circle around Jester and David.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiF0bANimQ
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3pJFl6eBj
"Shut up!" David 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWkQUEgZV4
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ieg50jydS
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYBhKc273X
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSEvmO6R3V
Jester gave another 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWrvzSOGlB
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ168VJLtTeT
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOr9rtERlA
afraid of the truth?" 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTc5Jxq9jY
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnf1VmpeIJ
"You're what? A 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytxSKK3wMe
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhoRSRn6Mi
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB41OFb72CJ
you've done not matter." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfj8KD6gU3
The shadows completely 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmfRc5XLwz
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBewmt2KTa
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcfRe8B2Ns
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UyLcDJMXR
eye and shadows swallowed him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalkDPGuoT8
Shadows parting, David 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7lLKBtSPE
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrFeV9GW7X
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubuJsY7poz
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhUMYdZ7W8
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21KYrcFqZx
mother608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFmIbDOsR6
"This is my memory." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsCOMv8KCn
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd95azXGoH9
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ6iZ10qpk
David didn't reply to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj3EC9hTAt
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrv6xSJPzHr
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOymRZ9h0G
Unaware of what was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksBeTjlkAn
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY1syolAPL
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQqPrJEwnf
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvceZqJt1kA
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrrEgl9GAp
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLKhrTp9rl
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWIASY3b7Z
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXevL2K0L2m
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqB48GqkL5
Finally the screams of 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubxgg90fKR
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHczc44ynYm
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rrXdry5Q7
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMxkpShbYN
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIM3IByJjE
the baby's throat and squeezed.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUndLSK6lBe
David could feel his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmici4tcYX
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1N7jJ3At2
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP0TcSHp70
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh68Ps4ZaQ8
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0L3Fkrlc9T
stopped.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu9lFJOf0U
"Oh, nonononono." The 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgraeD7ivtI
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUiHjVktAf
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3pjFzOWm3
"You who were supposed 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugWj2A9H7i
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFkq5ziQ6X
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGcrAhqlhh
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡby0gWDeilQ
Coughing David stood up 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz68H7piK39
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZn68u40qRk
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSDegwoknZ
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprLD0lN5ID
"No, it was a small 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxR7IkAcvBl
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeWcjnImCV
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpIZp98pVY
He was staring at the 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTM33Os6Zx
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmHcvSaknp
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIaVbAYKPN
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvRfJyyVIL
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGvlDdACW0
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAZGYPlSXC
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21Dib7pY2U
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawXEALXdUp
"I will!" Came a squeaky608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZTEpII0tj
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq6ytTSAYh
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1FxsxFKSu
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZuiXbgJiX
was an adult.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYHKjnY713
A knock came from a door608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbnkvfhyjJ
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1SChCc94s
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeCJlIgqPe
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6vtNhmmzV
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX3uhPpPJk
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcvl3pPmQ1
being a bad boy.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvMUNqRFhH
That's why he didn't 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIUBeyhIHy
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPivfPXVzu3
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuls5xByQFY
"D..david" the answer 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuhPGpy05S
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mgwm9R0JD
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqa5E940EI
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfoSLQm9hn
The man put his hands on608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRLbp8tgfX
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrbEuO9hIj
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYeb02M8ZM
David meekly shook his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg06IJSXqNZ
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SatS3PQLu
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObhXZT3U9q
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq7OTy9Qd2
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahluBEZ9ru
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE28C1F7HaJ
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb70LOHC3k
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoMmBxyR9X
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uxj3CpSbf
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52BtmLmT2P
Davids body.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM40Uh2hz2A
Please don't. Came adult David's voice608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfr39jjPdH
Young David was scared; 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRqPV3Y33g
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6G8IZ1i9S
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwookI6FdEf
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1AshwTFH9
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVu23HbIQw
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PV3RleDZI
"Mummy, mummy!" David 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGlxrmB3zv
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK1N61HDC0
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz9QhFVSy7
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYpqpfuU1s
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQRTAZKZfu
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAMaGgMQ6V
David didn't even know 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡranzbj62WT
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiM54tdD3q
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7mrM3aOGP
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7mqsmoLQs
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEeLFqPngW
David could barely hear 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIWF69oAWA
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9axfemg76
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJeVMGGSBF
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEayBXUNco
anger. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAYLzU9L0b
"There are more 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBj57e58DJ
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz59ViVVPU
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbfKaMtMGC
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c7tehDUjs
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEcAZQVGqQ
"What else is there to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX41VtP7Qg
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDTCIrQY5S
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKgy6pClm2
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfypyzdskjN
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXp3zDxu2s
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdCjallZnE
floor. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1ZaW8vFJD
Even the pain didn't 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlAKCzLdhC
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdixNX1xZeU
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6WelUMKNG
everything would be gone.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0iasDBcwg
~Just like that, give up608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBeqbMUdGG
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJthnb8fQAj
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4Kcy4Iamz
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO49sC6p4QY
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyW01jvubk4
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyIEyZURqe
than this."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZw9nvlGDy
~STOP! ~ David dropped 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIVvHVCLrj
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdht7IwPwKo
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa45qpKeUmf
survive. Survive and live.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DCYrK7WH5
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRHtAkeLtW
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ3UWVVFcp
"Indeed." Jester 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU94jE5E80
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9oOoQVIjt
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6oHrUNZ5S
like his own did.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94OEg3cEd7
"Why did you try 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2AnT1kxxJ
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljEx5JMKrt
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcGZSCjY1s
process the influx of memories.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFRy6cipe0
"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,"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJSOzMyoxZ
"You expect me to believe that?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBELEwZl1O3
"Believe what you want."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEGFFvlIQZ
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58iXjI32o9
Jester chuckled. "All of608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMeaW2xK6O
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WpuZAYy8w
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7bOrgiNLP
"That just 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2hRir6ILg
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcXv0F6BGL
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaFYKL3yy9
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH570pBCmx
David nodded. "Do it."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkRnLeoq59
Everything shifted. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgnTYyATWR
David was cleaning his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rRsQf5a4Q
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJn8t6rrwg
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiinTkgmJK
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFizKqhb0Pt
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hdJ9TnzNR
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0uSTVqOoo
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld2OpzVqKV
His last one was just 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaLtwPjBcH
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno33OQMSoE
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPI3udJl26
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsvaym0Ydk
Undamaged goods she loved to say.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppuN7vUVmd
Right on cue, David 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRShr6ZTAu
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuyw4P3mHC
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd1iQXhwmr
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbBtNpS91x
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOPkgWX9oQ
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpKJgRfMuG
Why was this his life? 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUgm3CQqJH
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ761hjMLUBN
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3pD880VBU
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyOYCCtuK2
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTIZRHcoPZ
vein trying to get his eyes. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBfSN41K5t
~Enough David.~ A voice 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJhAWAToar
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3vL5vTmMF
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMukDABxAcn
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG7k6Z3ySs
and met resistance.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnj8PZxwbT
The scratching and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnXPTD02ge
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ49Q5fEyeH
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKZeN46kVs
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPAEBmS4H3
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr0eBUOlKv
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuSJ2HF0cc
Oh god what did he do? 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqo1iriw5s
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOQ8Js7mJK
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQitHNiH8O0
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctteapNJ0L
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVc5qKcs7q
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc36VOLBRaz
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOebG4aWwX9
blood.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVZcQOAx7c
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rTWqiFKmq
There was a pause and everything quieted down.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTy1Qc1vCw
A boy named David just 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDPSwRBDg8
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66LQfbSRUz
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVNI4AGbVz
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TIsaHH0Oy
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WdWzRT1eY
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q0jUIMIR3
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WnaNZAlpT
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaFbg2sGlW
silly of him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSGf6erITX
Remembering his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PX0eNwgxN
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHsZDuviL3
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMYU0gh9Bp
table preparing a meal. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9SVXuoOk5
"There you are David!" 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyBi7lPHM4
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOL33QYxgF
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUMdsh0NWc
This isn't the truth.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxs3bhY87Dl
David obligingly sat 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0czhSEo6x
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6iw4aJocU
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ZAAYIxM7
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYfy2kfVnC
A dream, nothing else.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xXA7tqZOY
They all thanked the 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQI2xqiIa5T
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6FCtJblIG
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4fvKCoLKg
this lie.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2O9avAnu7
A lie that has to end.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQPjNxX97O
David was standing at 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsStIBjiZ7w
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFvXAe7iCo
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hd0MjxHMZ
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zRtXjCJZ1
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XJph4t4oe
Either way David hated 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNbqnAK1Pg
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lO0ClTLvS
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEoRGZloqv
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENIB3837jb
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWuJ7uXG5K
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqmZG2wPL0
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViOlnXFf1W
life this happy blissful life?608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IuQdXbNr7
The answer was so simple608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqiSuUtUEI
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZERO7UvLab
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP12lJLSyf
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVb66vUW6G
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC07x5K7kJC
David decided to start 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzqJRyClg2
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WbKyPCRru
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGd687tNXw
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrzpIgKcp4
mother. "No more mercy."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUfIqWWVZq
With the last stab 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rAeQDJdXe
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBxziUr0ou
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbe6ezGfVP
emptiness.
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