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Some of my colleagues 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKP2GCDH2g
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrUBg6V4nc
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJPCvofmxo
suggestion or hypnosis.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBOe70WVjB
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IlOkZVswh
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRoonCAiwV
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5dRSNX92T
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8p0vfwlPx
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAX43ZksVM
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH3h0NyR7R
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3OA2pXpWZ
capabilities.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveO83YqEJ8
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvEsT2N752
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David awakened. Not 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePHTWlD9PM
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlRbGj3wKZ
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC9WW74ZTx
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX45QJai5s
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtqNjodVTP
undamaged.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0FgjHeuYJ
"Only your physical body436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwmCEPKcRq
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYt3JpVQcwf
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbJvl4sAR4
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQjZz5u1s6
A shadowy form appeared.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVioQUkmabj
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLzHcpZqlp
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAklKA1vG6L
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NAyrRBFvM
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchn5v66SB5
"Am I in the...ether 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwJXFA7s6w
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxTCW4qVm1
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOUFfCq6ZO
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo1gzmmmcj
David was tired, too 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzGvGouSRm
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoRmd9sXiN
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLw6tF3K6y
The shadowy hood cocked 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41lqPC5VE2
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxWvF1Z0Go
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdki8tYSC7t
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRP5bgluzO
more grateful."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhn6UByXtJ
"I..."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqkDZMfxDq
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJhaV0xPfu
David groaned in 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GWG247sK8
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDP9bgvWjaK
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScoVaavluK
falling point, that'd be fly."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YQCKUkxe4
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UGMgMZHSn
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38HiMKHSWK
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn30GYftUHE
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCjr4hQv7s
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQts9P3cDw
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarsJvxhrMe
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr01TxqfSiO
David shouted and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQMEpevOfw
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1z7kUOVU4
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFHJfyOEb7
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pNzlssEEd
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU390i61Ild
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMfCJ4lf0N
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNmZGdeleF
mist.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01L0yUfL1h
Jester's voice came from436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qx2agHbeP
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUVD8FCdG3
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3A0XCdLiy
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2OrNlK8Vz
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eAsA9X4gD
creating a circle around Jester and David.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6saVvE3DrJ
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYtJDWcXfF
"Shut up!" David 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxlgN3D7zv
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAAZHfV0uu
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGrch9uXJe
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q1S18tJlt
Jester gave another 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20tv1uLnfF
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJjV8Eb43v
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhxP5UyKQk
afraid of the truth?" 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpEWNBgk0O
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHMpQWbIAe
"You're what? A 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsDIRsMXMj
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO8yBE6ex5
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZes6gXVUS
you've done not matter." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJv0uP1f7f
The shadows completely 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKRnag2Jcr
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSbRLAH3yA
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3vPFxqmt3
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FpAZsKkH5
eye and shadows swallowed him.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8egyuW3wOt
Shadows parting, David 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEqYbX5elF
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfiVncH1U2
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22Czux0EzH
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnZRgVNVVI
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZnnsRRaMj
mother436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3iBaYX5lq
"This is my memory." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2RrUp1zd
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFBa7dkkP4
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJwSUO6zYP
David didn't reply to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy9UgGj0yZ
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv9M0oe7e2
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKlulS70oh
Unaware of what was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4eQgeWimA
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMF6MrqFXK
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLibwzwfrT
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmoDhJadB4
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRuijneqoI
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxSaYohATy
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZwKLzY4Bg
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmQnaw6xBB
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvferdOaeL
Finally the screams of 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jl2j4CxXZ
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J3gECQH5w
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus5Sl8oOn3
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQXK1quiaL
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QgSU3q3Pw
the baby's throat and squeezed.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25MtuEofrI
David could feel his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHKv62jXgJ
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1fzprRQf8
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqOWkEVhLx
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGVGlRCWRC
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEHoadga8i
stopped.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG8N9c2jyp
"Oh, nonononono." The 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWXuQAkIUl
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNcj3JbSep
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVf9tWJm5A
"You who were supposed 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMzo8f2VQw
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HrDII3tdh
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRgolYBt4Y
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFjs6IZTdZ
Coughing David stood up 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF9Qgtko4F
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlI5HAbase
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3NWYX4jfy
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh11bQPABan
"No, it was a small 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLjMC4OStm
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76bvl8hTq0
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5hmDhEFMl
He was staring at the 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvZ361EY5p
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrM5u9xg2e
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdA5gQ6cbGm
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQZmiOdGdL
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSheUM1zTx1
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmYzIo08Zm
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc6IBkewHt
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS2ieYq04W
"I will!" Came a squeaky436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nt9K8KkEj
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWYLWi9D6z
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jZdlSuPUQ
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S1YNMBNEf
was an adult.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvgyMh9l25
A knock came from a door436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDsIRVM3SR
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiinVfrYBs7
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVUxwrI0Fw
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomUMXpCDGN
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEBImHDn1s
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRwUzWG9Bt
being a bad boy.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc6cOc53wz
That's why he didn't 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3i0wXjbxA
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwZB8IDCIj
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDjnOFGgI7
"D..david" the answer 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOK5NBlRn7
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmemJYFhFA
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINkv7ffUsK
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKscWIJ4OHt
The man put his hands on436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbSorDoS2G
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn502IM9TEA
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqY4Rg6k5W
David meekly shook his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF255JYsbk9
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3yT44YgTr
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXJOxcP0GK
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThxIbdJhJ0
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlNdblcsrx
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b3aRwalEJ
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BqGHymu73
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFauHwmKJc
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2NQsFV5oa
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFnRSuYsjW
Davids body.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OeqXjuVDM
Please don't. Came adult David's voice436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyxQFh5tNb
Young David was scared; 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8zXYdNzTg
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38q7xJFUIU
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN13V5wEnSI
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa5GyKLraT
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WFrkMCMAB
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtVyaWn6zN
"Mummy, mummy!" David 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mXb4jx13N
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp47UclfQXy
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vredGE6PX
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8JCi4HmYM
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7EHTLIyVz
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5hcoT5uGf
David didn't even know 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsd1Lvuv5Hw
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8cUvmX7Aa
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlFJzUVIyJ
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59Asj761qT
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxvxgVq51E
David could barely hear 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FxGy7gIsH
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWqROc54Ab
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ahhyEHRpO
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoQuKj1pnI
anger. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCktF1hb7p
"There are more 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hxT853qMr
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbDwtATMtF
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dLPwvIiQg
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgjnjpZwRn
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJiWozzcCZ
"What else is there to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUMjASD3v
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfF3T3e2hF
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuweNwfHZd
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL73Fpv4cE9
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzJxU9jcGh
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbtTQ6FhMj
floor. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEizKckMWc7
Even the pain didn't 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJWYjWbMb1
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidkJRrWZJh
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hNlpGiwm3
everything would be gone.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedq2OdK6FW
~Just like that, give up436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43JAiPwqTE
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcE9PfTUUS
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUf3K4IxsB
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa94CTHVw36
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9pk289G7I
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlzTA35FDa
than this."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS998kj47MD
~STOP! ~ David dropped 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHxMk76MNZ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqinoJqHmF
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfZ5c0fNhF
survive. Survive and live.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNXICkWYGc
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q4QaDoAOQ
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMn5bYG8qd
"Indeed." Jester 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdLVPlabF9
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMtQAjBshd
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhm08QT0U5
like his own did.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tRSk2Ltsz
"Why did you try 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlETBgbaR3
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OJWLnV0Os
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuWvd0WUgb
process the influx of memories.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gkUgtriHQ
"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,"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvxVaog8oS
"You expect me to believe that?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1RTJeS75M
"Believe what you want."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVKuGp7ljW
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLTed9hKXt
Jester chuckled. "All of436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPV186UiNR
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gFqLQyI8O
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyG5p21anE
"That just 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpFvOvVVBm
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7laGw9eI6U
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9kFIkB6Jw
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmWDvCrj6T
David nodded. "Do it."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZxf6c6bDt
Everything shifted. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHV0sgaG2v
David was cleaning his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL6AtjfJ9k
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3iRMoH1ij
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bU759mUq8
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelkQ9ROdJK
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRuBNMYA28
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZPgYiEFJC
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57lhr44vom
His last one was just 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz29t73p9Jc
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUcFwn1yID
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGk7Zp8BaV
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm8McTuKkH
Undamaged goods she loved to say.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxYSqQ20JH
Right on cue, David 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSjbm6I8ig
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhqH9cBgXr
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V6wivr7aW
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFyM0TF37X
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHXcuT617q
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuM6BuQTFO
Why was this his life? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewtYEoadYd
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ua0s2JJHV
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptHn20cnhx
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTRF6sxsVl
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXITk2Gfkn
vein trying to get his eyes. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1chnShJoCP
~Enough David.~ A voice 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j7bmqwCcX
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPGocvctE6
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsK2GTTDAxJ
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZqcPSF7Vw
and met resistance.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SJRdc0bPO
The scratching and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNPGB8JYIe
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6DLWjLi7Q
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LTiYSe0Z3
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtigOeEYrOD
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwEvP0kw6R
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmFizMuAqm
Oh god what did he do? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfx8Ax3mhiD
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvEJdjFFOC
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzz75WkpXp
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHLGRATDJw
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o53mSW6BF
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWiO4z8bnd
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGAtnqKYGW
blood.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUhfERmZpQ
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNBueLFxRM
There was a pause and everything quieted down.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukwZUAkA4z
A boy named David just 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbHk0Sqgof
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnOrItMqIy
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFeBx92zFi
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylJ7MxeUYB
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpcpHi38fo
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oGzM7L8G4
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9knvzHJ2Jj
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtwM2oJ2Nc
silly of him.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq63jMyZm5
Remembering his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ0OrTnz4O
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTvjepF8AJ
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZsUZbIk06
table preparing a meal. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt310visGun
"There you are David!" 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN38plLIwZ
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb9puPzlte
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGDykCTU3Y
This isn't the truth.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU7vk0xHeQ
David obligingly sat 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VCnjDQx8l
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDpIPnIpHM
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW1fnXFDpA
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOxHml6mxp
A dream, nothing else.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3omYBiU0N
They all thanked the 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVcIieD8sI
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYuZsuDWhO
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOJlAvnkan
this lie.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEyc5okpeg
A lie that has to end.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2AyPQNzvS
David was standing at 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREuo319Uyy
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiebQADrZDH
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35e1Dwatzd
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3e9VktKnv
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoaIdBPS9e
Either way David hated 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDSSjT2EW9
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPbq6adWNU
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo8uIIk7H8
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmDKIWJuSj
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkhoXNCaJe
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7WBo5IZFf
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OxUeVgO8J
life this happy blissful life?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS8Xp9Onsb
The answer was so simple436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHecLFMeXS
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KhFh6QTRy
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DP7ivrS0z
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlucVRD4gt
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUQyRAUPXE
David decided to start 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRPGx8rdQY
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVNh0rglow
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatx2n7aSz3
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e97Yfr3Fg
mother. "No more mercy."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9DJRy1rhn
With the last stab 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJVuppVuha
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWB5SX9wTY
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bZD2qPFqw
emptiness.
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