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Some of my colleagues 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROyYOZ1ych
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekLtXbvEp9
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmVie5iV3A
suggestion or hypnosis.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWKAixPJnj
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KIiieVIH4
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpcFgMvqNv
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEw01qdWrd
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFZDpkT6JT
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnmxvz3iHo
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpEBvSzUDE
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWIwM3I9VK
capabilities.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpHlq2cXVs
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTc4MDMS6u
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David awakened. Not 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIFrCsiZRE
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLquLmeRjzA
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y5s5uPRvL
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYlcuf6DIo
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7neIQ20ln
undamaged.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BFiFYz8Xd
"Only your physical body437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRTCCRX88P
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0AjmaXh2h
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5R3f9xACi
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyMsCm8w8h
A shadowy form appeared.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89K5i3Q4lH
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHaV2mstA4
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y73xaWXq5
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL2MHknCQk
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sNcqEnYjv
"Am I in the...ether 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNVe1K17K2
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshJeyiBnwO
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGvur6XX1N
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwumWsq9rAd
David was tired, too 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6gkczece8
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q97CMysS2
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAsOz8tK5H
The shadowy hood cocked 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFB8nOcHC4
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85jaeJicZu
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR39RdbuKc
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpmV4GfVnk
more grateful."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQKhBoA0ef
"I..."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5fYuHPBQF
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLiPZfNdXX
David groaned in 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6QyWo85QN
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH10dSF4RY1
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0g13Hzazr
falling point, that'd be fly."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fKLe2VnDd
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBFSwoz2kk
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24EPWe4tmS
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpJxklsDuo
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDst26xLig
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPsNpOBZJ9
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyQSkgHSrw
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ5HW0ozM2
David shouted and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f5T0lgrjJ
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkwiAwrOc7
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpLw5RTXSU
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd3zMg2e9w
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaJxQmxf8c
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkHF0AOozt
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVasl9wyyz9
mist.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivABMnimyc
Jester's voice came from437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTgWhOueOd
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1qPuwUmwU
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ueptZsGHe
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLKxGYUQyA
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhV99b7VaX
creating a circle around Jester and David.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmjU28iCDr
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1aakGVkgw
"Shut up!" David 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AqM9Vm8qd
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV9eVs56MU
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2rxjDI5Tl
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYomAPPN6lq
Jester gave another 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FW9qazb5z
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhys1o1nR4g
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLot5svW8Qj
afraid of the truth?" 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4jYBHQPbU
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe2fYtILFO
"You're what? A 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKnD5Zpf5o
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oPk0nHZQi
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ96qQ37s3
you've done not matter." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVIOoPxuGy
The shadows completely 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlssLW1bB1
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSdaVBozgd
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuvsOl3Xaz
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00ywO2TKF5
eye and shadows swallowed him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuPBtF4ihH
Shadows parting, David 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht23NDLrlc
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CglosBfl7
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBC1GnRtfi
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaomAknzBbF
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hBiYKILr1
mother437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuoI7gpMOX
"This is my memory." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56HgDPGs4u
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2mByL2IKO
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN4CclA9ZI
David didn't reply to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW7UzVjOi6
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MJntOpzex
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8OIh8rZ1d
Unaware of what was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdFtIa54AE
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTsEDtHZko
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEXpNpCEIC
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrAkmpLXa9
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5O0fJgMrT
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UOYMOzvWQ
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSvDZlvC3O
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK9tmctbKR
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjuDuCRZJs
Finally the screams of 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dQIPDbNun
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK77lsoe97s
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcGlydNHf8
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaxs88tYh5
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtBTbq3pw7
the baby's throat and squeezed.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9NgMlRdPl
David could feel his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAqenV2pCI
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5lxIKKpb5
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJHWNiToTk
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPy1kL5DK2
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRPx1NCKN4
stopped.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHYAB8DigK
"Oh, nonononono." The 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOec5116lMh
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRzEwIg6aH
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnQVLTypvn
"You who were supposed 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjFxIbApxQ
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuzselKmjO
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhf7ANWOBi
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimds1xVSu1
Coughing David stood up 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4BUtfBDAA
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreJB09Akte
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NQhBNccVZ
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhzgtBz0aa
"No, it was a small 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIO3QW6Fsz
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo57rmvWHc8
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpP1Q4LCtI
He was staring at the 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtwe1hyCyi
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNe3aOIbRb
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI54KvnRqcB
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVr3yIbPep
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOkBYoj2AQ
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEmUqu0XbK
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOex7KH9Iz
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MhG0lUYjk
"I will!" Came a squeaky437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ68cKsVI4
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdk6exhppx
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6gsk4ph9I
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jNZW2TMR3
was an adult.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ74vRnuhfw
A knock came from a door437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVCOoWLPOa
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYUGwvxETZ
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0adP5PJZux
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUreFsAOSF
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKItqnGvuFu
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXRcINAtO3
being a bad boy.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb5DmxS5rD
That's why he didn't 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkHqHNNGFO
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQVDNEOq8s
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2bVfdCEUb
"D..david" the answer 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQUCIouPEa
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2aS5Nev8i
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aWE1Vlp9R
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH6yMfHu84
The man put his hands on437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSl9DfyivQ
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIhGyotcb9
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbtiEmtaUG
David meekly shook his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszJp45CbY9
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3dolu13Hv
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6tIbx1YTv
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY4zzm1L8X
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgWmTzBRPG
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7tOGoHAjC
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwvKM21Kn5
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMCvTzvBTB
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGGInVbtrU
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz4wMig7Bf
Davids body.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDx2ARuavl
Please don't. Came adult David's voice437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qDnhN2Xr5
Young David was scared; 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVarCglqYZa
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwjHUiHjwi
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0p9gGLNPx
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL9etgMogS
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFL3BVgKUy
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8s7wE554w
"Mummy, mummy!" David 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEYoxYv2pU
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kc4it5uAp
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1QA5OGc1T
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8qWxs1yRP
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CZnbPkNGG
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t7gdxdZAh
David didn't even know 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32uBmabAwd
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFhQyb5oKE
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyZSZJNPR5
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8ZeIZmKbF
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv00k18GAPp
David could barely hear 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QZU7lIU8w
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHUAXmmBZo
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglOYofFh9Y
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkNQPtwL5p
anger. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHuLuPxsi0
"There are more 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmnD3lb7NF
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqxppJKtzX
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEjYul1r2N
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXJOi1rSly
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmbLp9J5yL
"What else is there to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aXcSThMun
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMs1XrWJNo
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w9Lu5NHFy
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJEzZC4gJ3
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUtZHCiHhR
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobJ7TZi5dm
floor. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFNGkOu7lA
Even the pain didn't 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1V578nd8y
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcF2ZxhmGAt
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxDzuDlm9r
everything would be gone.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnlXkbxMBt
~Just like that, give up437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uWiC9wvpE
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLPQsirb1N
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv3DEnSIJG
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtr6qO0pli
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtw7XL8o2n
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD61FkNuXXk
than this."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBBDer7oqC
~STOP! ~ David dropped 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcc8fUYZzK
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYfjDHpkz9
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6jj91gIbY
survive. Survive and live.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO6zJzqnDD
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm5dIMbncH
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaw2J7eKn0T
"Indeed." Jester 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXuBK6gTZX
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09QTj4cwRs
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQMZrA3xSY
like his own did.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOT7dR9Fbl
"Why did you try 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhrQjYH3Ql
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nIj6a7mF7
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjP0YRyL0z
process the influx of memories.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLYlzDbJIA
"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,"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGYWfw6DJN
"You expect me to believe that?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vdcmJEmwh
"Believe what you want."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVjsrDpIzd
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMpzQscsLI
Jester chuckled. "All of437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJI2NJmekR
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGU5HzsUOB
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ALyNJCK4f
"That just 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E897VKcJh
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI1kPxW1KE
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW2ilE7D7J
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHQH3fATjn
David nodded. "Do it."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzDyAPoBJX
Everything shifted. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8vVuyrjz5
David was cleaning his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGtpw85rQT
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16cTiAWJGz
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRt3tR6xufs
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHUmYq55it
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtPrFutESd
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5qGBOZYYm
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXAhiCRu4F
His last one was just 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwU0KEEiWt
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MRJSKZzYB
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SQBidAAgt
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoAUqjX90C
Undamaged goods she loved to say.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKX8vsd5Uh
Right on cue, David 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZY21h5kcpi
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr7TWAddYq
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr6NPHDiD6
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSyDuU4kBt
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY1JRw4gzJ
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw1S1XrXMh
Why was this his life? 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KMlmoAwO8
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5qsgQFCKJ
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5SMLrXgsn
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUXvhml1fq
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCV0nfKYUd
vein trying to get his eyes. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVTPx4594I
~Enough David.~ A voice 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3lVh6Pfcd
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnTNX5X4Nq
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNszScA3mbR
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAJnfsjRJM
and met resistance.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch23wG4S2N
The scratching and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9xdPEZYI5
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0OnqA4Ihz
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Cp0Z7XUE
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7ugD0fLWJ
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUBEsJ2uhq
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeD7hi1FhO
Oh god what did he do? 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWm2RaQ3Gb
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGtUho6nE7
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD30wRT3yq
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEuN2K877a
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHYaiania7
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iadbKJDyl
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdmghuGmV4
blood.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfEDxn5WDX
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23kPgIhI0a
There was a pause and everything quieted down.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoALT9S5Ee
A boy named David just 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90n5AVYs7B
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxmHmiSJPo
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwEhkqQgnb
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGfOXzRLW6
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACmGguCIYD
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnRKfO7LDj
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN2NtPRLhP
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiywwR1YpGL
silly of him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj86DvTLjzp
Remembering his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfYMqxPf8w
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvqBJ5mZiz
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14QQM6GtG2
table preparing a meal. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM2lZi0r2O
"There you are David!" 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hQqORL14F
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaB6tgWQ2k
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQlPEsOLFn
This isn't the truth.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSA5dr10YZ
David obligingly sat 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1xxOQLcbq
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHBJbMux6x
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK5RPfHeMp
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmOyUBh0p5
A dream, nothing else.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFbuU1Nn3N
They all thanked the 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQz1zgqC61
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky3qS5Qf9Q
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkjTHMjVc0
this lie.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYvFX1jnhl
A lie that has to end.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPsSZMINaj
David was standing at 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTx6fwKTXo
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJICyPtQlt
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbii3sGUOjA
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bmoC7uqKC
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArx34mrmq0
Either way David hated 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZByYpQ5KQ
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEBStjfj5u
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv81SxtNzL0
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQc3Z3GRNL
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr1lUiuTjZ
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0RPsYKrah
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIJfaJB0X5
life this happy blissful life?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneFJO8JdMi
The answer was so simple437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5NlLq4rOd
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXnQUMrSeT
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY63YecQxB
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyWoAPqCRt
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcYyAR5cOc
David decided to start 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsNokEyeMg
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOybFK7MBtu
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5XRPiwlHm
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcShLP9SKx
mother. "No more mercy."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYyLUraI0F
With the last stab 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiRs7scc8Y
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9bmpRV8jv
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gp9xMa8wL
emptiness.
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