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Some of my colleagues 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdERR915cY
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqCM93h7mf
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITKHtZHzHI
suggestion or hypnosis.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91Z0IhBDht
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qPm1o9qTJ
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oszBzP0zG
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcd08pno6S
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4iFhaG5bO
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHps0cNDaP
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiabQbDc2I
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z5vzTLLZZ
capabilities.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C1AE8xulW
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmctZjsKajq
_________________________________________________________________578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzlY1kRsxP
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David awakened. Not 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ixMFIkG30
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqLvn7ksHv
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUIAkyyXSo
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7m9LjM4Qd
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6NTEThqdl
undamaged.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Gpxsk2Pxp
"Only your physical body578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6uBv5PqvO
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8L1EYzlR5
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeFOk695ec
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJztkS8XWB
A shadowy form appeared.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaZ1P4vF00
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROYjrCpxe7
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsKAyV0qv5
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rTkZSai9c
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPwr00psFc
"Am I in the...ether 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC1vhRfk1i
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6FGAht2bS
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u3K8WmSvQ
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5q46KZ9Rx
David was tired, too 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrB0MVwhxD
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHI12C1FLJ
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JXYNHrJVD
The shadowy hood cocked 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyJBbnNeUt
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJe24HT5Xu
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSQuR3g6Y1
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMNfftKEWf
more grateful."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8v0ZIosOu
"I..."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNJnlBdAPJ
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ri7f2focM
David groaned in 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88Rk9ZNYiB
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcDo77myDo
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm91n88D85q
falling point, that'd be fly."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwne71SE6YQ
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVPyN2BKjX
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga17v67j79
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GT6TFTLiP
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJLcpvq6ae
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzOGNtgugx
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6s7rKW0Gz
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7o1oqQrFd
David shouted and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyxhS9e2C5
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3DVSkY9k1
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKG7ZzNMXz
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCkEm1xjjD
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SJlRtqFG5
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUseUjvNdGo
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdrPYywPN5
mist.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbq3MFkKI4
Jester's voice came from578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJxpOPmYUM
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob8BlOTUtd
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxIdlyhRIN
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMFjfrT9g6
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8kh1EBh3h
creating a circle around Jester and David.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvCCjHGlIs
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UOnW3z8LK
"Shut up!" David 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltBC3jhUMZ
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70eRGrx36N
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k6ND5rBer
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgO4nVkBLw
Jester gave another 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j0IwN2p3D
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFd0wTfJsO
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt8u5ms4Rz
afraid of the truth?" 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrBvAdcTu8
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbX5kSpiWX
"You're what? A 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMsssrXvnN
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NdDWBWqWc
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzRv0jdZ03
you've done not matter." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe2jN8EM7s
The shadows completely 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMOfb0DZZx
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tPg8PsMBu
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKIfur85cW
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzXKAXbm75
eye and shadows swallowed him.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uAsktQ5jO
Shadows parting, David 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiP4biyCAs
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqVzzWthbn
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ06SaYAtf
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYfFAJIVxN
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7N0jzFxfXF
mother578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTVSrcpuUF
"This is my memory." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KDUjdxQO7
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP16YSMa9f
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM7N3qudop
David didn't reply to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzex7tSES5
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe1LFnULNQ
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TWA2bqMaD
Unaware of what was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGofcdBIyB
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUvbTysiB2
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDdFcVGRcS
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHNQspYVIe
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE5kgGMVEM
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbbhIBzSek
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3MG27x3vb
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyXoCIeAyE
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfyf7j6ptK
Finally the screams of 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37n5GeH9Fj
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzWtMdi4oe
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf5sFNdD5Y
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSYMyCJg5t
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheLUyleFtw
the baby's throat and squeezed.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTvGacMmwU
David could feel his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy72w9Niiut
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBnE1gqobU
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8n9bGcu6y
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Kcf55DJa
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHAWhW21hv
stopped.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7EKnxd8f2
"Oh, nonononono." The 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw91fqPnAS2
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMKIJ8GlTd
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k1SBCmMhu
"You who were supposed 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX95D5lNQyq
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEiieRh6tD
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvnoxzBP6x
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EPKshZVTi
Coughing David stood up 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbge6yxc815
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OmGPdZNIF
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOEWE5LOmE
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5Y05uY58n
"No, it was a small 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvkzQ7gq9P
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfa34WxYDU
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXtczdXcWx
He was staring at the 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRlRGHzYF5
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJhUbNlm36
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAVoe4Ls0K
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kq66AeYKO
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lYJ09NIGv
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyVWUBcIRO
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm99Lv3jS4m
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO79l2gtp8f
"I will!" Came a squeaky578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82CBXJFCz5
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjP3l4kuV7
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pfuERwVcV
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspEdIFt1kZ
was an adult.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS07ZrgD8OP
A knock came from a door578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHUwk7syS3
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqMYWavOHn
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZVLLtGV5g
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBaCvSe7Y7
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSjchyjAWH
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lLXvk0I6k
being a bad boy.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqvf3KMEIH
That's why he didn't 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9x1pRyjRl
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFz8suuxuY
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt6JI6DfgC
"D..david" the answer 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrEeAjbQUy
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vyfh66T1u
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgFxtUm0KB
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GiGbuqzPc
The man put his hands on578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7h6jHNV9E
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWd0NrUqqn
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYo47TbLJ7
David meekly shook his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VkdsCOgpV
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBHEWKvR3Y
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmbsXlkijw
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTiFO7jzTt
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxzqMjLKwX
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPHTJzMrfv
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6rUZjkbrE
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1yhwhJZ38
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEf5Ix318K
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvloUmLkTK
Davids body.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPUwuRCtE6
Please don't. Came adult David's voice578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4EIwBs6JP
Young David was scared; 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ewilp4XPN
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eVBOyUwD3
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGmXnqhCL1
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJp8Bupkq2
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nvbHvPUzt
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzrCp3SssN
"Mummy, mummy!" David 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E4ucX69G6
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtKc1LphJD
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQrZ4tQqQx
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkIFqyUU6b
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC513teBIFy
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPrn4Q1TjT
David didn't even know 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT428F0iz9
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOe3UnwnUK
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrmhL6stZP
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgbhzNkzUX
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAIcAxImKT
David could barely hear 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvsgwNaeTj
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjfVgGaUNv
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDTa0I1lrb
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRdp1xORRY
anger. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pXjDTlWxl
"There are more 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoAxOIcQoH
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj7Al6Cs7t
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzhTbzuEhp
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs1eA4nHd0
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaAaxkotIM
"What else is there to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgfAtu2R4T
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRR1mSioge
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dHOBWE3bS
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNwBgdXlyE
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UqqAeZNQc
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOzTEg5WWH
floor. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuMQA3ORxc
Even the pain didn't 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMsST3Yj36
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl5k4nrxQW
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDrcxNXrzH
everything would be gone.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6Jsj8UMLV
~Just like that, give up578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRXqwR73zA
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oYBDN4WMM
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv1GKSJBca
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVhbdykYJA
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRip2TznrG
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGfdjIVT9k
than this."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhThIKLx473
~STOP! ~ David dropped 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSKvpae7bx
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a28ATZYX2
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7OYwmAVGz
survive. Survive and live.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTXSNWcgXc
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnMmZSsT3Y
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LHmWfK6NH
"Indeed." Jester 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamLm21WrRt
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3pC7hntKx
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U9bGkc2ki
like his own did.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljSqiDvU7X
"Why did you try 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAdK4Y3pi1
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnEklnvXTp
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmTIOjauBh
process the influx of memories.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxReAbRTRi
"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,"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoytlHFryl
"You expect me to believe that?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl31ohh90KE
"Believe what you want."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yykVE66qF
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLREpguyiY
Jester chuckled. "All of578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkzSyg1XP0
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRT4HihUXU
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTu4LHXe6D
"That just 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXCjdanZjR
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAPEW14Ae9
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8dqglzt9w
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe4to44vhS
David nodded. "Do it."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArQwYuccSV
Everything shifted. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vcbTQXQRV
David was cleaning his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjlipWEDe4
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLqHsNt14a
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ968qDbpM81
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gyHxdUTMa
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscffdLQIGd
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtmjnETUzS
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5XDFS9npc
His last one was just 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLmf569XA3
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKmmvVevCm
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO1kWbzlh5
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhFvxFDJlS
Undamaged goods she loved to say.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrpYV8tahd
Right on cue, David 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zZtYLJKR4
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc57S93Nu4
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FV48Y99t1
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwcQYC1Fi2
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07ejXqKxB2
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJo080Pw2n
Why was this his life? 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzElZDcgpFO
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3KrNaFRpG
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMLjCgERHQ
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3CZM4akVg
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAcfmuj7G6
vein trying to get his eyes. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk596FAI6bF
~Enough David.~ A voice 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWOrW5BY4o
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHdILeqjF7
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn10BNmfmF
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9kMMPyzSh
and met resistance.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T7eJDtBH3
The scratching and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJ1TXozOXP
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5v9U4b5hw
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw275Tz8voL
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkCoaOdRoN
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vCFkcI9vt
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxldBDWuzoo
Oh god what did he do? 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05wr4YVQRr
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqAbkzacpE
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa0aEFujfJ
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s23MHaS08
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkqYpi0uFN
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk2hpym92w
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW9lA9cEEp
blood.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYqEXmfN8d
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGBMjteu6C
There was a pause and everything quieted down.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqXhFrseO4
A boy named David just 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx2lyCh4gv
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ01iwP1yTk
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS4qnP5NTT
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw5GAVhmtY
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKyQUNKpc2
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzWGhrHloF
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6qxE4rRGk
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkITr8o0FEe
silly of him.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3NRwfyxIg
Remembering his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2PRBG7VIF
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFIh14L87F
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrr6c6mOMl
table preparing a meal. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr1uV199ii
"There you are David!" 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBybskjMss
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXHxsnM5ZD
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJo84yOyMB
This isn't the truth.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyjxRh7Ygj
David obligingly sat 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQHI1clZKm
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc9B1FUAxE
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR4mjSc863
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rZPRGtbah
A dream, nothing else.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcEZh3sfA1
They all thanked the 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTkhIfOclq
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkpS9o9PLB
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0MRABwJ8I
this lie.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppWgDAr3Ju
A lie that has to end.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUt4g8PnGh
David was standing at 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMODZaqZAi
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z8L7ieiDI
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5J53Smtox3
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAsLNmzZS3
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM313qMKiZ
Either way David hated 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4SxrtJgIh
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZFVaRV5V6
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsPzLXsNlU
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo4oNfZOMH
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80ui1gx3Z0
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp4coPNhbT
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEJscziDrH
life this happy blissful life?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJjSnM6M74
The answer was so simple578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcYkGCQrdV
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ353vLSnLfZ
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoalZfyGlnu
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TpgLoNfIO
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HlBwjTyo7
David decided to start 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2K8UVU48f
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga0LnJAizr
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJprIJUZZzH
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXEgVKnkcR
mother. "No more mercy."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEQ5QcFrLF
With the last stab 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2NWXnNRXI
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkgu4iWyUn
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJSZnZeTpl
emptiness.
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and then Add to home screen.