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Some of my colleagues 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgCfm29Ale
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJurFVVzqmM
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7SIpstUnQ
suggestion or hypnosis.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTd6WDp2Uk
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK3OY6tyys
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl60IIdmHBv
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvyOvPEgnn
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLhDeJjxll
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqAskgRiwL
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP9xx1Isnv
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO3XEpf7Ix
capabilities.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwonNMb0Xw
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvd896vjmQn
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David awakened. Not 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKSgacItik
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxDe2JHget
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1jcVbj7nJ
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJtKddwh5l
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAXX2G5uBx
undamaged.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUScZkfuWXA
"Only your physical body882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4LspqnTIM
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2ZWRXE62N
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkItzNhifSr
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlABrSbMra
A shadowy form appeared.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvLyN76BkS
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl5WSJqcWa
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVs2vWNxG5
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VEFg1ZA4U
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmochyy3Tb
"Am I in the...ether 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFwMMqDeie
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLPgJh1FfE
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTpeNezJQp
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ935oq5s037
David was tired, too 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2DsU3xbEs
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJLooTXbdQ
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbgGCMmF6o
The shadowy hood cocked 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHeSbuOmQF
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfJbIaqnkd
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxLn8Vh8OF
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wFAVKBFtF
more grateful."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw0VUCRY16
"I..."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5l7PNXd84
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTSNLmVuEA
David groaned in 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CWAkBQTyM
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6xnkO3n2C
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMD3sEi4R1
falling point, that'd be fly."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFFyLMCVIS
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa3WmyzgPI
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhABMuckiE
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmyEVnt8zz
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf8Z8futif
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUXSjBQO7U
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgXiHAWPlh
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtsHdk5sQp
David shouted and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZlivsAbvB
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf12rP19BU
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFtGUqcCE2
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrB9uwVFOK
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXprOkPWPUE
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuDJFkilBx
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzKadzCd7Y
mist.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUsqAtz1ls
Jester's voice came from882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TWu0moaVb
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCb0hnLs7Y
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopXXLw6W8p
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlGO6jvXwT
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1zQWiCY7w
creating a circle around Jester and David.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB2mNtKFd5
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqMlI8HoPm
"Shut up!" David 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCx5wWsRl5
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4INGOtzlf
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIILEFbmPr
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljkZYfzW8J
Jester gave another 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ4AibMiKu
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCtbtZuRa5
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4ClA9HGoc
afraid of the truth?" 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEY66FpMgD
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKMGoHyWbZ
"You're what? A 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvsyWuoK63
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAKcTmtnYi
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lnaP2csF4
you've done not matter." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCLZ3qLwt8
The shadows completely 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs8XTL9VP8
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ96Pm8m99t
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqYTMgPima
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAmebwTNOE
eye and shadows swallowed him.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDlO3f44hf
Shadows parting, David 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLbamjHg5K
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzbIpYb4cP
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOI1FemXcw
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNU0Xh6qNW
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvDQybNRb4
mother882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0mhStJ6f8
"This is my memory." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LLDO1238J
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8WkQIYvmt
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BeKR0pmiW
David didn't reply to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ69Vhhjs5
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYsL4bIxSc
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotMnlUkBIt
Unaware of what was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVjXBF8LK5
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYhOCCkEMY
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHOvVCsjFx
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03IhunGn7y
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb1ZBgUuIG
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1sfKD9dGq
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9LL7y2Oye
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBgfcJTCDx
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6HpWOVTWz
Finally the screams of 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJOikiQ3ER
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUES4qElLUf
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP51nKRXEr
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgilI94b9S
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrrMVIomZD
the baby's throat and squeezed.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ7LhVGOwT
David could feel his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aFAjj2XsD
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYCvFvKvPz
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG5VV6gG3l
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnBhh0rhXU
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPosR1CwVYt
stopped.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KvyaecsX7
"Oh, nonononono." The 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf772mwi4s
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4SX9NeWAF
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGVlzddJaz
"You who were supposed 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVW0uKtAv5
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53a9Yno1WA
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoKeqDI7QL
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtje5uqZXsV
Coughing David stood up 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb141ldpTH
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2PHGrWKdD
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8uJwiqBWH
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJWrB3won6
"No, it was a small 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0h7oTtV8K
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJr6vCOfYw
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcJrXKpYtd
He was staring at the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHEgK24Y45
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HVdgSPhGv
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA0asxC1bZ
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTShtLBwTz
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuEgfsUxBp
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8lykTeuAL
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFgrUDBe28
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZjo8rYxzm
"I will!" Came a squeaky882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ5K8n2kB9
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCqiQzhayf
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV8cHd4FEc
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjTbTUYCzB
was an adult.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNME6FRcTXP
A knock came from a door882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgb0PfQxBY
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlnRG2poFk
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45J7Isx76g
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHwHqSUcMY
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U0kW81taJ
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14eQR6Ufyr
being a bad boy.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWpeMkLjBk
That's why he didn't 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35Y0pItsQT
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T81gO0bsP
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51wt1RBOCg
"D..david" the answer 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NEjQalCdF
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb33KwUpFS2
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5oBIEZDbp
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7Jwx3DLjJ
The man put his hands on882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkWQz7AHVU
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zZuHxm1UT
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAC5FFFl44
David meekly shook his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1TllLrxT8
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU1ng8QOru
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HCxNp0XKd
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgEbbGEGfO
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZGKrlT0L8
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2OVN0Dovq
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DMDXkzxAO
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIcX081Gmq
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpHlKEzMqn
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0taqIDpFpy
Davids body.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hCerAE241
Please don't. Came adult David's voice882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0VL9LGb8H
Young David was scared; 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4ap0do1As
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73MPSgGdCH
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRS74Wyg9t
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2bUArdjre
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE5MgzzKwC
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLQpnbmNGl
"Mummy, mummy!" David 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIC7rxQcX9D
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipMQTGWMQH
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eHfvy7Fie
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGsP4LvhRY
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y5IGsepIJ
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85v4bTV0HL
David didn't even know 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDUjo8wXVx
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPkdmBL6ID
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz81E9Rp07
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwUFQM5IsR
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YiT2aph8f
David could barely hear 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegZMLy5Vdg
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Khif7PjoE
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjusmA9ssO9
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDT2Jyx8zr
anger. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMg4xlvdLX
"There are more 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA8h1FWRLe
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi8eZqha1D
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMBhIHIxLT
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3Uv6wHdFK
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzzgW43oVR
"What else is there to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqlFhwj7dM
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhez6QaCVGZ
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwF6fmq59y
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGnHenb8VS
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy8Swnzn2v
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSjDaUMEJd
floor. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvf08Si4rJg
Even the pain didn't 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT86IcBHIQ
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs3ZUtqSBT
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr6k9OCTdq
everything would be gone.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimoOqQYdAl
~Just like that, give up882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9zN6KAxYw
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa9gMxEQpF
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzaLyMXMq4
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUBapfwtaT
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIN66668WZ
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jiibEqV8G
than this."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLchfmyY4hu
~STOP! ~ David dropped 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJDldSl8bJ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLP08PPYNQ0
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxpCRJtoQO
survive. Survive and live.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T4lS5XHij
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2oWwBqvHn
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkosEdCKo9i
"Indeed." Jester 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtNWLcrOeE
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4Xo3LKiZy
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5cvH5GB3K
like his own did.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevmTKUY3mO
"Why did you try 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0cxilanGL
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1kiu8obxf
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIRW8GwqVE
process the influx of memories.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoU6Eonoft
"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,"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8x46pTQj6
"You expect me to believe that?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlzfUrukTP
"Believe what you want."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FCFtaKsO3
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8CHHXJXpm
Jester chuckled. "All of882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwysRz3ewvp
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW7g42KJQE
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2yAaVdUSr
"That just 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qxrXuPjyA
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtGZbwkUFb
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrfKanQN5W
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGsEhLRgv8
David nodded. "Do it."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI4Ta1VuxE
Everything shifted. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGtfMQYUyv
David was cleaning his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNDE2VI1d2
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZehB5Px5S7
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s78N8RZZK
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIFz7ujNuc
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj7qU7xmLP
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTG9wlAL2g
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD8mNyfHUj
His last one was just 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl32dDbFPPr
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcHVokWMHn
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlEKuTqHk6
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi4OmXtojG
Undamaged goods she loved to say.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wJpXm7Ryc
Right on cue, David 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNu5MuqchI
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uD2gpfoBl
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg3sHON0jh
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnrnOGktaw
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56jZJdSQ4w
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8r3GfdBkW
Why was this his life? 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrJ75bb4za
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xeIfEHD0w
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nLt1laprd
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF6b4ii1cr
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYhP0U1l8E
vein trying to get his eyes. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBKj09BWIu
~Enough David.~ A voice 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb90Afuho0
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw8yojo0vs
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqphFrBeLL
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qrSAex8QB
and met resistance.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW9VuibdGP
The scratching and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF9SXtNSMf
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCXPV8HHDe
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5shmla3YrE
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrOBNSVsRU
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMazw9duv5k
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzsFyMILpl
Oh god what did he do? 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb4lmhRJg7
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhl7v3nfLs
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESZGKX86SS
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ759jvtJB9U
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4vBdDHD04
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI9PPNlQjO
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03oc0W98ye
blood.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPOmRt1kTD
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0GWVPwxhB
There was a pause and everything quieted down.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CUcrE63pX
A boy named David just 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxZf1JA2cq
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCdZMXUP42
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlfRky9jxN
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JQPS4NbrF
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPs1tL0oiD
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF3hrOen5Y
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqbxtzmbMk
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2CF8EvCmB
silly of him.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxbG3oeWWE
Remembering his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiGh8GAJvj
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqL3Xzcx9V
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl2jlmQ34g
table preparing a meal. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡninN71Qhzi
"There you are David!" 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHybGTkQxpU
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmj3UC8VwI
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5NFhtoKbX
This isn't the truth.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHGsIdddFm
David obligingly sat 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT7sxNjgRA
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMgPF4qmZQ
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfrFxNwBZU
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMZxLRKiZ5
A dream, nothing else.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxAbz6yA1g
They all thanked the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRMVRIlFuW
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlsvPABCEx
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKfIVvSnoI
this lie.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgrNGrnPzv
A lie that has to end.882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02KqkIG5gI
David was standing at 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGgxzf5l39
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Je2DckfSf
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCCVDC0lql
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKcpMBuNr0
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiloWLaE60
Either way David hated 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFK2EmzATP
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IdE7QKUQS
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM0AIRMqrZ
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALzH6arJd1
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf97j7BNnd9
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK32KOEPYuM
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK2eypQADA
life this happy blissful life?882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK8gYHMCS2
The answer was so simple882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodmHJNig9G
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8GxvJJYEs
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnId6oE4OV
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Vvka1pfL1
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQo3DYkbMx
David decided to start 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyIe7Q3NjU
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QvUtOr5Xa
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcwNaybVWq
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin0hyIFgF1
mother. "No more mercy."882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdWQdO94IY
With the last stab 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEv3qTSJLq
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTobPBWbLpG
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast882Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56tL1quYCp
emptiness.
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and then Add to home screen.