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Some of my colleagues 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJAv2Qk84s
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc4rkUggPp
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCPmVeqwGU
suggestion or hypnosis.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0xAyKpolR
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6TBjaNPsj
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hVhuPTiSt
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOfO0khp01
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXqOfU2LuF
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z0NjFwRk3
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eHWGuQ6si
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5MfBMb9MW
capabilities.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm2aaRKon7
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BS8wyusb0
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David awakened. Not 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeGzFYGHIY
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxJbLrbHUz
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8sDRgVa1M
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSc3aGWCWd
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwl7yNdppZ
undamaged.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUpvMUvUxL
"Only your physical body574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRdPGPechm
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK2iF5UFKm
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHmJ0aJRVm
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRSMnYgaIC
A shadowy form appeared.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFO8gBM3LKg
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLPoI3xq55
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jitDA4SCp
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOwjvpA6ye
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qGj2fTs4A
"Am I in the...ether 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQiNQTw7ZP
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJjztgvHAM
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uniNHsWvU
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCK1Ry8B2H
David was tired, too 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjPrQBcFE5
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86k0xiRu0B
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZERMVkrUXf
The shadowy hood cocked 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8EMWpv42P
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJRVkQLGyd
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u04EUzirY
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnuCjeFVuC
more grateful."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdgDTZntim
"I..."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74TmFT6cvc
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGoAFToOTP
David groaned in 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPHMki8i8M
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdsB1NNjJA
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAAuQbDAQC
falling point, that'd be fly."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSPBOjxkPr
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvwYVp2BBl
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut2IWpCn9l
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23QcljicWW
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5FKm9rbTl
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD8JNwI1EQ
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeejH14E5LB
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdkOp5UkQv
David shouted and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb2fLtlbd4
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBLKdf3jgP
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbvSPcMRAW
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6c8qvVDRt
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqEx9QLH9q
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPkVG2YTS3
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXZkLpihka
mist.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCm0Cmk7Am
Jester's voice came from574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycufOPWPtz
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ih4vA2ALb
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBD2hSAIbE
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4RfvWz1wC
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nrV32go7R
creating a circle around Jester and David.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyJulkSx9s
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtUbWTzTpv
"Shut up!" David 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbqsm0LZfC
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmc9V3CtiX
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvPJzkMGvi
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P1uoiy5Ah
Jester gave another 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggPFdME7sv
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aYiYXyPxY
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlshR1gvkN
afraid of the truth?" 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dboFv7lQJ
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZ9wbm4Mp6
"You're what? A 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxODJ4IMLou
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjbLBGD1DJ
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwArykUFR7L
you've done not matter." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RkyiEmtTR
The shadows completely 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfJJ9bOQNI
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VJXQ7WmMY
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eXODNJZ9R
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlhHBne2lU
eye and shadows swallowed him.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZgXL6SvFw
Shadows parting, David 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm7D1qw4GS
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNerwe4k9fa
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAyGbUrOmz
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2adoDqjiY6
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7KcCqvE6o
mother574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtHgG3kizZ
"This is my memory." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlUVZFc1H3
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvaGLa3SIh
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhevPEkUgv
David didn't reply to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqseucuvdB
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxm2Eq1Mey
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LnrTMtKCg
Unaware of what was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8c9MLqeN9
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPGG9Vfjsn
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhV6gsJukE1
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPXyMi1szF
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0IxdSIWCO
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOOCKlJYKt
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHEAZBvp90
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3v8qScqGJb
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84LYOoMZGV
Finally the screams of 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuqiWUimEl
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XS4p2OGba
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb4fSUZgyK
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7tIQlxc8S
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1w2JBLXVC
the baby's throat and squeezed.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GDwsLxZ65
David could feel his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiT9M2gTGkK
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisw3gYBLll
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9yfrSO4Sd
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8rGGitZEY
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR3g3W3Jen
stopped.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzci4lMfu8w
"Oh, nonononono." The 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVxreqD0kX
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KrjdPsm5H
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q6pGPMCsL
"You who were supposed 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKwzGgwZN3
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllZ6kWiual
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL47KdU7A4
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCdsDmuIeO
Coughing David stood up 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5Ue79GdSu
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5mMoIQtyc
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHl0WZtbAe
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG86dFOJh8
"No, it was a small 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbB6reHpXH
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbnTdOddtQ
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CzmfJsBFS
He was staring at the 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eMVARobHy
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a7I8HtxXW
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJY7fz0xyT
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8flkx7Gfg
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFfdiYZtRW
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Svv5J9UhW
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEcSKIrBmx
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV8yKJhgIe
"I will!" Came a squeaky574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3rpPBE0vR
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNyPHLyGIp
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbL9mNDNeu
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMHUrZ5Y3l
was an adult.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jb7tzzjtS
A knock came from a door574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvKV6bWQvM
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y7kwgwZ7Q
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS0GnLbH6G
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gZLmpKuv6
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIW8OWvOiE
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtwomsCWQ7
being a bad boy.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa3KbxSwbv
That's why he didn't 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YsWXi2plC
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMfTeB8wVl
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y8RaZIhHI
"D..david" the answer 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8QKaoT6oO
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuy6IsFHhEm
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR8uYfswKr
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFp53HJTHSm
The man put his hands on574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDfhirp8nf
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXd0cyVMIC
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo5IR2GGM5
David meekly shook his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6MOMzi54R
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuMUXAHHRd
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zALvrvBE8
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGqNaCOEAO
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzdeZEzXYv
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMPKDm6JoE
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpWr3GWXgl
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQT7g8OUNC
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSoVsO874p
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3IfzhHeV5
Davids body.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMWOX5xDah
Please don't. Came adult David's voice574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRODUAzkQot
Young David was scared; 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUfB3ebfWT
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJkKGzZ5CP
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBk9LAQv9e
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ963yr4PaiZ
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0oQ1gCEaD
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAORq1MWej
"Mummy, mummy!" David 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqRHjCAnan
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTtYUpkIch
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDuL10V9qi
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrJIM7X3bV
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQro9ibUcLn
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0wZ4SZhmT
David didn't even know 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo8RmDotFM
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36wSUxxk82
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNiMfOP48N
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5mO8mH7sx
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIzrBXnRMf
David could barely hear 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiMGvwROQo
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgXDjB7LOr
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxj379trfD
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbcWuu2yf2
anger. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiWTxLeYoW
"There are more 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTW8maXHTq
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEmFfCwZje
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehwzckhwyn
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR1zNUMWAU
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPk8yIEwuFO
"What else is there to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCMzMnC4Kl
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKGdwz6kUh
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRi8bEjUuM
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QbpzuZrxV
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUK15n7SEK
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtJucC04xU
floor. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDUW0FBGcn
Even the pain didn't 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODpjhsdd4s
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJNo9QjzTK
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l2O34A7ba
everything would be gone.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBLpp85znk
~Just like that, give up574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lH3nTFSdF
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBri6eG7yTe
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB6Y4aRHrK
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN90b4q6vL
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4uYw1fYer
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOc1w9IspN
than this."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7p1CJW4Su
~STOP! ~ David dropped 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVXl0X9ooJ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM66ciVuq4u
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6t3Kmt2M9
survive. Survive and live.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8folYPgYLs
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKZlfgskbN
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Sz2YtR08W
"Indeed." Jester 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60RhrR0SYr
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aLZQg0TsN
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBZgTf1jAn
like his own did.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZvdBlCTk2
"Why did you try 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9Os2xsC76
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQcDokxueS
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z6HJ5YMtf
process the influx of memories.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkd89P4Qvr
"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,"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7PVxvn9aC
"You expect me to believe that?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj142tzGES
"Believe what you want."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedlGSZB6CL
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQBUjk1fX0
Jester chuckled. "All of574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYoTMd3YpQ
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOGik04XBj
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuWGQxdlvQ
"That just 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeAnA4VYB8
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8ENPBqS9L
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwSywIg8Dj
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxJesKbZrA
David nodded. "Do it."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx0l5bvl61
Everything shifted. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgw6Pwzt9g
David was cleaning his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm0eUVO4vl
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssenXGqWx0
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vKZW6K6GN
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQo6NWbDrb
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrF5Jwy8gx
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU0TPK5lI2
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd61HVr3wO
His last one was just 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5H0Eu2RVs
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNofOhjBEvR
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinX1y72MXo
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH27pOh61h
Undamaged goods she loved to say.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ402bby6AFk
Right on cue, David 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4oIa6nktW
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvbUz8DCaQ
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqFATSmhjv
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRpbxO1fS0
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqDFNBzvwr
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDL193GkIn
Why was this his life? 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN70OfKxCm
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjaGX8dgPh
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIdCq5fz7N
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvp6ylEUcK
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkDS6iz6Xe
vein trying to get his eyes. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz92sgrJtl
~Enough David.~ A voice 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbBNaTEp1G
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeNDG57bZ0
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS3TBQIO0d
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUycpB0zQP
and met resistance.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbhqZCqeQI
The scratching and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e8hNQYGH4
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E2qCt9fym
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6vnvLhntJ
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cP08Byelk
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6ZvFLLnZC
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbr5bD3lB2
Oh god what did he do? 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRjd0jWOUE
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi4BrFshO7
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOEswG1vcp
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttDCsIjRiK
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0BVKSWkhM
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pN8sTLHb2
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWATAWaBDN
blood.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnXwXUTTtf
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfMHATaXHV
There was a pause and everything quieted down.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52xtTtym3X
A boy named David just 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LmAHbjnC5
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28NhBhHLyL
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtBwAZ6Di3
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWXn4tXzZG
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjCs5QxgMm
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOnjgcY3ia
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT5BWdNjcr
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv25fWvdFC
silly of him.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKW8dSM0ti
Remembering his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER2urXFYng
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UjXsx0sxX
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxA5Cap75t
table preparing a meal. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zKnkpfBwo
"There you are David!" 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxuSKUI7Qg
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgMR9ugFk9
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtdBz6lrMZ
This isn't the truth.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJodiJID49M
David obligingly sat 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKUHYPpBUr
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhepKhUdCF
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj36J1LCb85
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9U0ogJvws
A dream, nothing else.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XhphyxRkz
They all thanked the 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNa6bSBtbjb
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vqGNvef7d
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG88hJ4iGpf
this lie.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW24jT0ngz
A lie that has to end.574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN4Th34Rm9
David was standing at 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2ESeEbX1J
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YgqjimIRs
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b2oRz9oFu
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWXKEmXiML
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOajJCpgNp
Either way David hated 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrB3q3Kqsg
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh19qRmtZV
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM4LVfY1Ud
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrPxWmVo3Q
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMYFBzT8vI
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ4hN8FJl2
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwhgWspPL1
life this happy blissful life?574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5Lb1NgzXr
The answer was so simple574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwLGTQ6rNP
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJiIaS2Hmo
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9emZysX6V
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHcKypHITp
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03KseByeQA
David decided to start 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdfpfW1QZH
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ixhpB3dX0
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBG7eiFwp3
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMELurfdU9
mother. "No more mercy."574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4DMSzVB70
With the last stab 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkGLqCYEMU
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvcFb4yUIK
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast574Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVSAQt1Z3J
emptiness.
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and then Add to home screen.