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Some of my colleagues 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU2lYqXf3z
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nINT7Ojmk
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIId0zkPLVc
suggestion or hypnosis.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hnl5cVJnr
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemd97x8UJ6
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pvEgXtrSX
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEPfRTTBc6
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7evQx3MCSK
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySJxMjc0yV
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKprrxnMxTe
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh2uzCjK7H
capabilities.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9J6l0wsyG
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0ISnp2N1o
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David awakened. Not 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkgC1EmKvY
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeUes3Cb4O
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IFv8530MO
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sVaZYdFX8
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5032nI9WIK
undamaged.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfoZcWU6ny
"Only your physical body550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybidJNCAAN
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9X98Doq2V
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvooDvcl5UJ
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmt7RWW20XU
A shadowy form appeared.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA1CCW4i3v
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblG8oQo9W8
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9r5zN0VH3
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwfRC6S0mS
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUV38bOokq
"Am I in the...ether 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaozbPzfLQ
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QAbyjlyGw
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK3EsqBQtB
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpfoghGXll
David was tired, too 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyijvJK6kDl
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgU8vwW8oDQ
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFr7FRSevy
The shadowy hood cocked 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd42uBnLUsO
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H3FfNW5Ex
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZJdPSuhyD
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw0aLpKLrW
more grateful."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLKM0SInAy
"I..."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJuIbcMBSD
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ0hd8R56Q
David groaned in 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidwQIXPQj7
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiIsu2iOcP
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTiDdpORxP
falling point, that'd be fly."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU6zOR9mVz
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b2q2SKe0S
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzz672pXAs
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfc4usIcOU
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXM7rqWMLi
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09QeQv0PSV
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo34MeXcM3X
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrOdBSZbuq
David shouted and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjgiossyiN
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AQUEm1pu8
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmaI698fn4
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lXqqBlNX8
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmca9QuAXyv
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXEI0t903C
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOV0jcIdol
mist.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGEwBhK1Q2
Jester's voice came from550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Rau1ZOBeS
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTyvmd8MDE
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryF6kkJrpa
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0rhsOGt7J
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q5PygHckg
creating a circle around Jester and David.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA22cKS5xD
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pKBbPGw1D
"Shut up!" David 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfRfVDLYaj
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKRaTOOcky
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFXuQEa3ha
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHrEFRZ2jd
Jester gave another 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyF2JNJYB0
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhO1EnVepF
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBT61Ge5uL
afraid of the truth?" 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzBJFXF1Yu
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQoJXoLf9p
"You're what? A 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSumLQqm8we
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoV2x5Trfs
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyvfHWkNEN
you've done not matter." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7xkSpgIt7
The shadows completely 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OOpp9d6Rc
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTKfnYM2Cc
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGV0Vhu2cy
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo8VJMMIDi
eye and shadows swallowed him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrYq1CLjyU
Shadows parting, David 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9u80cgMhV
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov4ZQHYKVA
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZfa4RcIqc
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYvpqZntI2
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RfjEGuMoV
mother550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4Et07uFko
"This is my memory." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0YCpYclZQ
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zT9gqMrrE
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZSZWREs1g
David didn't reply to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡody814qsVh
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT2P9BSpWm
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3aKdDbNr9
Unaware of what was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBpB8zS667
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kxNj2n3CB
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1j7hGPFZR
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpenQypBX0
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDWLqn4URo
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlNYLFA4Ve
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXjTlmnfkv
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB6wpJtro0
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9s3AgyTe6o
Finally the screams of 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJD2MrBPfU
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxYJyMejdF
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7oBPD55Yb
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhYs4H6jdN
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9S8AKLN5D
the baby's throat and squeezed.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkuwbThZGE
David could feel his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCXO2ZHBbj
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSqeKz8bby
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWoMUqzGBQ
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThcNkO1IWG
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN9Rex89Ly
stopped.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9REq5JFCN
"Oh, nonononono." The 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmW2FvFD2CM
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZuWiayC24
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oEOsqkcAM
"You who were supposed 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpT2ZKTTy7
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LU9xC6bC4
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjkkr0AWjD
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQBGpSeMdL
Coughing David stood up 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxh3puKJ7g
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIXgrHe5Ej
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKQiXBRTpP
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ263RtbC4XZ
"No, it was a small 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgS2J5LGnx
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugEGU3NXaw
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cKgyXU1ag
He was staring at the 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglLOvgjuPw
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7clKxuWp9x
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRL9lpY3E5
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoGJnNKx9r
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnjnD3AcRi
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUF6eNdg0n
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9QPqaZmvZ
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD3i6VSkX9
"I will!" Came a squeaky550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHX1pXH8aO
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwVKhQ83uu
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b0AR5zRaR
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT107TbXSrP
was an adult.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVb3jzloJm
A knock came from a door550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsO3hokxVo
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5bubnNiJa
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18WhfshZHC
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SkI1Bz33R
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVIDwalAzR
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiawEeUGIvm
being a bad boy.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Iuj5459bA
That's why he didn't 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrK2Lk9AMV
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywZUfgQnvY
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq53iZN8hPW
"D..david" the answer 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzivSG5Ucd
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dburQ7jEl
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt5T5n179t
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTKVQsgzIo
The man put his hands on550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc0QYpsi7s
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS85qfIKmO
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoDClfVoGZ
David meekly shook his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHzHqy8NVR
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTvtwZoF3o
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKToRNfnP7
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXk90GEJQZ
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVfy1MRxPc
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E5qX31Kp7
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhe3KQ8TTA
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqCyNmLrgv
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2D8L9Eili
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9e11aSVUD
Davids body.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKvDR6dzW3
Please don't. Came adult David's voice550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBXWYoij98
Young David was scared; 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wrNtgcCPV
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vlC5x0RVp
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpWTeMeSfn
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSuEZhzfgW
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmGfBTp0je
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5biGguHld
"Mummy, mummy!" David 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0e02WHWCr
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoe3H4RFSM
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN8Jv3UnOe
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGGqRmAzCd
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZCxciE6Xf
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8lmTaOvMu
David didn't even know 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNqeqCTV1L
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFcksT8zCq
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT0lkssDdR
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QfjdUxlbr
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGHCXDQWgy
David could barely hear 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnDeQYU1kD
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlStR8OWKAx
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeWaZiN11n
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQuzKN7M0S
anger. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OQ5qbPXfP
"There are more 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RtSX260ff
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wrENvvfpQ
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2IIvwEkx6
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSraZEVWHRc
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCVyLthFfl
"What else is there to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWT0kveIh9h
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWA15vIBxt
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BBAgsEAK0
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJgw03BJOX
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz96kVsp5X
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGwawnGOhW
floor. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQDXbuTS4t
Even the pain didn't 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlZs3Wxmhd
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksN0FEtIqD
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0eAVU8WsF
everything would be gone.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWlC7WDUAs
~Just like that, give up550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHqQoMQcDi
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGM9jqGMCe
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaOck0yGD2
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4CspkCcRP
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWWTWoJ9Mm
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT4V5mNTKD
than this."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYzoc3v7jH
~STOP! ~ David dropped 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL79Pea90i
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nF5UORC0J
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpX5TcLsem
survive. Survive and live.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQFTqHXB7c
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iYjmmqt4D
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbKaqAAwRs
"Indeed." Jester 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61egWpjcKM
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqIOeUsfbV
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXMcDdznYn
like his own did.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU0pzeOfgn
"Why did you try 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVntt5TMXm
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39K7GoszqD
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAD0GUXuAi
process the influx of memories.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhpwUYHt4P
"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,"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnw0ZlExkq
"You expect me to believe that?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JnfmxlxNc
"Believe what you want."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vkU3s5u29
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPSyLG51m8
Jester chuckled. "All of550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHv6JCfPII
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwogNRTIYX
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8rLJcw9Nm
"That just 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3G2MyppaH
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvjAge1baX
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVNRF2eIgC
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA56XyM6cv
David nodded. "Do it."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrJW8Rz4E0
Everything shifted. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBrJrRmktg
David was cleaning his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdggjFKFKRk
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJPNtkz4KC
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXd2a08E9AX
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cgFiTiNVY
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiMOL2BYo2
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9upzGFKR3q
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyWLIdRbQT
His last one was just 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv51nI1LLD
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6Z1AJ8Qoh
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aKJ5vvIjb
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E9nU4Aj4v
Undamaged goods she loved to say.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtjuwJ714i
Right on cue, David 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI0XJxPER9
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0khsbNSzwa
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJXydhAzNh
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fCAdW9ABi
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYomKyiYqu
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcXw08LuN2
Why was this his life? 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolX2s3rtdf
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzBYOQa05g
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdwZVq2Kxd
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRRltvVg0y
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQeSFhmThJ
vein trying to get his eyes. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdmlauM5sp
~Enough David.~ A voice 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroCpjgkemF
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3OXebBEI0
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDYnLyJtBc
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRFreM9OCA
and met resistance.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyRRpodRRV
The scratching and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHIUnuxS21
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8EZlepUdA
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5neOl0gN0L
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUvEYtlsuc
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQBOuztCia
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdtbdDVXJ8
Oh god what did he do? 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxIdt7rvrh
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuxFedX79Y
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DAxITb7sJ
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gkn6XBqFg
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnIy5Q9BQO
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteMkDgoMLd
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMB8blffO8
blood.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbmmEBTZFH
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDBx7CZvkN
There was a pause and everything quieted down.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ198I75wR5e
A boy named David just 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8bvM3XIWQ
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaolTRyhqOd
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaslSiYBrtn
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwp1owtEx9
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9mHP6JMcp
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6UNcQau0p
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgoPb4jQVm
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpB9t1cu9c
silly of him.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtult3UVjg
Remembering his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxXwiELHVL
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOQrs6Hyzw
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZsk26gbzX
table preparing a meal. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsktXt5nfU
"There you are David!" 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9t92gcjpA
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMazZMecwzW
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zeC2jbIl1
This isn't the truth.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeJi9HhHkE
David obligingly sat 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5yXX5ZRQK
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Fekg8C86H
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGzmTmFnQ3
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhTKXF8pXs
A dream, nothing else.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvbc8UQmBj
They all thanked the 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUN7g0YZrn
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2whIAHzh9c
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuMvsekEHf
this lie.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMHAlcw097
A lie that has to end.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkUYhz1bkd
David was standing at 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq5Cim1BNh
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYvu5QJcx
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BUekGuwJI
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJLDvovB76
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8kGUdz3ND
Either way David hated 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHESBUkQlA
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylRy2TdX8z
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLgJEWLnZr
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NXOXzuYob
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsj1RU0A0h
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8GRjGi2PL
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mrJpUw98X
life this happy blissful life?550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoII3Y8Sz7
The answer was so simple550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vacKZyXu1
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e97bLfQrW
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb6Ie6urdR
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUrrkPcRCl
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTu7TPceJZ
David decided to start 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH3hYb71bw
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0GSLfqLav
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zdj4C9q0C
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcznNznZU7D
mother. "No more mercy."550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47e3Agy3iQ
With the last stab 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNc4ykVXZx
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w8kimZHvw
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjOsp0wfTB
emptiness.
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