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Some of my colleagues 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9ZWJQTgTb
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAJ1a2cXic
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij2iJ47RiK
suggestion or hypnosis.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUxbXno6eX
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGUlSQbo4t
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYNtmMumZ3
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNctE0J7R2
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk6CKVVFPJ
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrUDFzpd4k
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhsOZ2nWhW
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlKMm4YWcA
capabilities.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHmqqLN3Wn
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLy3mVp0HF
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David awakened. Not 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpb6Gz5IG1
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO9B38yY9M
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAw5mM3pXL
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1oPQcZWq4
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDltRJTISE
undamaged.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNJHv2XVhH
"Only your physical body656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDaUqGpiHb
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq5ps0ILb0
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6KxVrcqx2
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ0lfThF9e
A shadowy form appeared.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8O6Zx5i8p
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGzn7vn6ej
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EdWTk1JBm
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXozkeoMk5
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVn1qWp7WDb
"Am I in the...ether 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUKxzhREcV
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1hCuHXd4m
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvj8z6qbjd
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUREnih7enQ
David was tired, too 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05CWswY6Sc
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDZAVH8ZHs
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshcw0F9QEu
The shadowy hood cocked 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMz0TYprFI
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhs32ctkun
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtbQTAUcqI
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hwc5UUKdX
more grateful."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzBz7xIClK
"I..."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkFVu3Ci5B
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ5wT0IPy6
David groaned in 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPyYjrSVwL
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgx5sxoNAN
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGetcyb9bu
falling point, that'd be fly."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqtFRuO31N
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc8YuDj2c6
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLREseUeKp1
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdN3xLTKXE
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcGwg1G9MH
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kBEubapil
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqD1GQ4O52R
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29uYiUzwml
David shouted and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJh1YdsGk7
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VhyhdDwqa
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXskeJlMJqe
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c7VoFLHgv
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo9k198aBc
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KkHm87DEd
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1Y5AXsq6n
mist.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EyZuCMK6g
Jester's voice came from656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWEVXVkOZP
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvzUeQ4mWR
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurWy44RPrR
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOBhX5hB87
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxClvB0rJX
creating a circle around Jester and David.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufqwc3AygU
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm4sjtkMo0
"Shut up!" David 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdu9Y4NbSg
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkniN7r6fCc
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTvB4QAxJ4
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1SgWmUbNT
Jester gave another 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvwiVErYac
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv43k5X4Hq5
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3tfOquJVv
afraid of the truth?" 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTeCmC2VOF
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQeDaJSAkw
"You're what? A 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZx5QsPF1h
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxemT93LI8
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQtcIoybAa
you've done not matter." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9glfKG8tw
The shadows completely 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuvwSixZrr
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6YPgjv0WU
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2WXi3uFMG
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZke3ZCQR6J
eye and shadows swallowed him.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh21n9wJfuN
Shadows parting, David 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XTJXm2aPK
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDc89VkzLA
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe1yQdVQ7F
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5iP1VX2cD
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQ0qMHPjIY
mother656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeNiaPCeA4
"This is my memory." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRPZ0P0PIT
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqjUneUW1I
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvjyHb0PXj
David didn't reply to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJQYIPEd4V
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlTYAtlbUE
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfTiATf3WO
Unaware of what was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNg0Qx6sWx
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFgNHvbWNp
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98mhL22NyT
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz1SC4k3zv
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qStYOXSbC
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpcBegK8hg
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWGQ3B3OMc
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrxqgL3YJc
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekKZ3z8V1k
Finally the screams of 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMhYy7ozph
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bNGsMpTqP
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgB6Ri3bdR
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDqpKtF71D
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvFAFVonKf
the baby's throat and squeezed.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmatuiBAD89
David could feel his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XfoEZdOc5
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEs7vHFSHB
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f667RBvvA
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVcij5E6ws
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98enhPS7ow
stopped.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9RDLlk3r3
"Oh, nonononono." The 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46BYVfgine
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCBfpEtJIg
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSAxEItIgP
"You who were supposed 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35D3Mizm3x
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscXhRPD77Z
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCbJiVwsQH
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTmVnksLii
Coughing David stood up 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZDprzwzu0
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uMJrVXg6F
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9mrIvUgYd
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2KlmPfljE
"No, it was a small 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX8f3uGPiv
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQkRoyoa4F
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ3NuAq4e4
He was staring at the 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH3BYDKvls
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyrmJ8EtOR
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsOsDNgPnb
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IAXkIkg5O
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYVuOKWl2h
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3XM0j5xnd
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovYLnAkxzZ
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLUjUszqYD
"I will!" Came a squeaky656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQx0LxzKWw
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXKKXX9Qrc
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwc5B9XC9s
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq8QVS2TDx
was an adult.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqgN4ofYjS
A knock came from a door656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahFOlss7VR
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu37BmC3bI
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH6KXo2yTl
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXpHhlmXNF
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeovPtWg25
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D1sAHP1HN
being a bad boy.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdv2cOw7Ca
That's why he didn't 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFzSKt6lhb
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE7dxgj2pj
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QFuDsSIxB
"D..david" the answer 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgipbjWARpE
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2qnZgRZb8
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YXbweXQCR
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhnnRVRbb5
The man put his hands on656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNPP10Fcni
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenapdr88t4
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9N8g40b3B
David meekly shook his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp4GgHAoqv
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI1J3iGfzV
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQKiZzo8gO
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkbPWHB8sa
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyNcdxvt9X
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHlHtWO15v
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1Qwsk2GoV
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtuy7R4S9Z
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWBAlqUrlE
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuvxj0u1aB
Davids body.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4VTSuMHEe
Please don't. Came adult David's voice656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojfyQc47XH
Young David was scared; 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ697WjGGoPf
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWm6OFmxEz
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivaNy2GkNg
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nzXaUQUsK
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCHhoI5QLR
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VSZdTfXQ1
"Mummy, mummy!" David 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXS5CselvNY
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WWFxyjJhT
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpUMzTt4iE
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNxaIaQAM7
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLGZaVNMEM
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhMBmiiMC0
David didn't even know 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjpTbi7HnI
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ623zxaCDXv
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTknEzjaUB6
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIV3MTSuOp
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg9HdDPsEF
David could barely hear 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPxSKFjU1g
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GJ6m1XnJH
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKjAC3uSz0
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRkn8k42EH
anger. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagTVeiTUGV
"There are more 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTj9HOpLao
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOorhQLD7V
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV08su17WEY
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ343w8ao8GU
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIYrWaJj6d
"What else is there to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscALBsgOu9
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y9wYHdHoR
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQyx6sxsit
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMIwL8x9Da
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡortGTSA6Mc
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasndCfiZ2R
floor. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtQjVHdGve
Even the pain didn't 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUoL7yVcXo
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqvXfP3Vlb
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvAC5vzPZF
everything would be gone.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKtdijWQwD
~Just like that, give up656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JFKGkPaKZ
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9f7DNPdQx
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wMyyGzyE9
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD24OwvbHmF
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1puyiNaVmp
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhOyN6aBNR
than this."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss9Re7Zfzj
~STOP! ~ David dropped 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGipSWEiFQ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HNnYxBU4e
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlZZTrbw1A
survive. Survive and live.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki4CPrbc9A
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFScwj0J0xo
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFMdPgyDhR
"Indeed." Jester 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFNP9GpEDN
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQnEZ10lE5
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwyx2huCuj
like his own did.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UMCwoIGG5
"Why did you try 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbOQ4LBIX9
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5xOaDjjq9
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpn6uh8bgo
process the influx of memories.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyWcEJ5w4B
"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,"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr6PHI9Rri
"You expect me to believe that?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgi7oNTAvz
"Believe what you want."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRF3UAHGGv
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9MBOLwllw
Jester chuckled. "All of656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ247JzUli6M
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWT6YU5n8H
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90MSTJmXCm
"That just 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChMKhVSGdI
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rq0TxdUJd
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrau8FchjNX
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1B49GMPeWS
David nodded. "Do it."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbrzBtlcH5
Everything shifted. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NiHtHQMp6
David was cleaning his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUe6jNjgNYj
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGVNlFS6xC
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrNxD253cs
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB89893dma
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLNKFlIhXR
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmOhwJwnsC
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS4ugJjC2L
His last one was just 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLhzrfduiJ
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZjtBv5DtD
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghDCqD7qlN
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhXrXinmHZ
Undamaged goods she loved to say.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aeq68Q671
Right on cue, David 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhhvn8YD2T
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgSPxhHrul
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWF20D9QXL
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCOwpi7mId
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeePiw8xYyR
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eGIVGke8W
Why was this his life? 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez29IlZTzA
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNAldusro3
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMj14hpbyy
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz6cvREMOK
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1I4Sk34l5
vein trying to get his eyes. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35heACsviX
~Enough David.~ A voice 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIndRaeXoLL
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IhT6HnrBJ
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27gTL9mZ4A
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5Sc77itCf
and met resistance.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupkIPMhDXu
The scratching and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg59ZhyBsQ
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRUh7zkUoJ
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdQxI377M1
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnBbvOn7MH
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ulRdG0zQ1
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcr0kRoMqq
Oh god what did he do? 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVF3IGVLpg
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0j4VdASgk
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9PN8DdwrY
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHsgMj26Bt
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7Vls6qmYu
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DyQB82j7A
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmLQJxyEDF
blood.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyYS9eigCh
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyIpilEKac
There was a pause and everything quieted down.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzQeJSE2Be
A boy named David just 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICqYVPPoTS
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo97waToGa
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AuwjqGq4h
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQBzp8j8ka
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYXNbimZFn
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5mvT4NscI
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0pOqHJYJg
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnpAHxp95q
silly of him.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf9lwOdRgN
Remembering his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BQCQGXi8C
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkeavKNl0c
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUi2rMUnYA
table preparing a meal. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLmLYqdGjX
"There you are David!" 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPXI6kAnRJ
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJr76GR7rb
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh3SMSxGYc
This isn't the truth.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUe36WQhZZ
David obligingly sat 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ca1mIjPLl
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4jqLSJmtv
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbuIyhXb6z
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsmJGWLlgy
A dream, nothing else.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6hl8Elqgk
They all thanked the 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNjCQDL7Oh
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFSnyfWOre
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmlLPwWo3t
this lie.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xSM8Kuvaq
A lie that has to end.656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0aCitbsdK
David was standing at 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BAZ53pfhU
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYHdNqOGLG
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIzBO5VpBx
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOcxrmouMF
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVI3hJ0UGC
Either way David hated 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1l5HVXG2a
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqK2GYr25Q
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MOs1QJkEX
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lsRolDSBB
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkjQiBtemm
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj9xEUOF7B
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3LscbBzsI
life this happy blissful life?656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXyAlaERQK
The answer was so simple656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP81sPIF7y
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54mlyZ47nD
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEQw4gdMdm
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yin1Ah2pk
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTLmfs0nbT
David decided to start 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Z6dAMIkm
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oVg9gojXl
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmGSM2wsta
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiGNAxNDic
mother. "No more mercy."656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42waAjsA3S
With the last stab 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINYdOh5z2r
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JDZkheZnn
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrW7rFsZIP
emptiness.
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