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Some of my colleagues 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBrrTABd6Y
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrHJxbZ6GO
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcR1k9nEWt
suggestion or hypnosis.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYlcjviFfF
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3lQz7FLnY
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6jipnYzBv
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIGFVCRyee
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIVYUF8F9Q
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBliF7r5VnK
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWUfL4Cv0D
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIODQhnIyBp
capabilities.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4PFzCnVjV
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLbAPTplJM
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David awakened. Not 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuIVnDBxDm
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMFl55PI5j
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCy4LRvEVq
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7LyZtqWrA
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC4yYuUyaF
undamaged.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3kNmjNHPL
"Only your physical body538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANNCI5oWN5
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru6ABL0XKS
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYi2YmFVO1
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEweygXBIld
A shadowy form appeared.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUbaon6wzu
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVlpnL1beD
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYixEDNmV4o
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAjqdpgWiP
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45XwiXVaCA
"Am I in the...ether 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JMBJBLOLe
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05P6k9dzCP
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyhdRs0Dwp
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrwqCWZ9EU
David was tired, too 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi1iJ9bh5I
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgArcByUqd7
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwfubGA8dY
The shadowy hood cocked 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW25lv8jOLY
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeb3kFjl1g
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhi7p7UgOr
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPH995qiig
more grateful."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KLCE63VZn
"I..."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOroqSx3OJ
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VZRft7aD4
David groaned in 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsNb5arycZ
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwE268faJI
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QuQzDTCcp
falling point, that'd be fly."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTcHqQDqSe
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEPNzqM940
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGofgKA7dXp
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cwg3ryyOb
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS7ZHyaS4D
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdyOCObXnG
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQ1T5KFo1t
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBG1JcC1iH
David shouted and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyb0M7VnsC
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyofBM5Ebc
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYYk5sVwD6
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4z6ufcqDh
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt66pAXEN8B
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GiRKqZ3Be
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44DuW3ECFI
mist.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MsJcQoHF4
Jester's voice came from538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKYRvt0GiI
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzkl0LUUsd
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe52w4rDgNi
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oYQVzYsBm
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxR0CsphzI
creating a circle around Jester and David.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyPBjB4rwW
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIumgo9cobm
"Shut up!" David 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oXpf2lWlc
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MKQ3PgKz8
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3ilOBxU55
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKZlcdtwGE
Jester gave another 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9QDeir0Wg
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ00rst3nj
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXRmatG3iT
afraid of the truth?" 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVFEqNoS7D
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTpBAdhfvb
"You're what? A 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jwvUsPsna
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuzA3vsvqR
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSzzytOh6K
you've done not matter." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeg2Yyn8f2
The shadows completely 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GZM0OAmmx
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmSQOmyUg0
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchwAw7nxg3
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl2OdEyQNN
eye and shadows swallowed him.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdau5QqhcMM
Shadows parting, David 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhztVsVTohH
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNo4Ozl6Gj
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvgRsWybxw
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5Bucc9k7o
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMEziix3yn
mother538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg3A5S5dBZ
"This is my memory." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YdCwCo9hM
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AlAFPGZ7M
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlmPvpeaPB
David didn't reply to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyFwF3Sg2l
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkFPuyvw5B
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowL3mMY0Gx
Unaware of what was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzo4LgLktG
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9zThN125V
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHvae91VMi
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQHdIFpttI
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTdKXNfxte
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8scmViJOC
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbJoVcJYBK
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxTvYVCv3i
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnp6sntB4F
Finally the screams of 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpTONH5gZQ
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd8VL2bkjI
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4EzfOtDjh
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXymhV0zDI
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoynEAFdkG
the baby's throat and squeezed.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwnKzRYmFU
David could feel his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsWpPc7SoL
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRCClMVGVW
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqw9N5Mu5y
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqqFgHGavx
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDvRCmzLbk
stopped.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kULo9BUgH
"Oh, nonononono." The 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDZ0qMRbTL
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyFQhKOI6b
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDKPV6atFo
"You who were supposed 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FcNX9iOyl
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWCh8ci7FM
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqqgj39GMy
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH98WLKdDQ
Coughing David stood up 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcOR22aW17
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIoUkMpiZY
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DyOdv8j9d
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVz633g9Ny
"No, it was a small 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofKSrZSGGv
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucmH0qlwgu
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKq64YVTpu
He was staring at the 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUIwnFt4H1
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs0Ei2dCHD
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPleqpf6Pc
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrhLA0pL7i
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjaT9i5jvh
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsd1v57Udpj
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT0pdPnoDp
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EwU8sJrTK
"I will!" Came a squeaky538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3V7xjGUdE
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIFzgs5nSW
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR5Qtktw7I
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDUAaCKXVW
was an adult.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x4dN43LXV
A knock came from a door538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMidhKdB1Ln
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyMTil7YPH
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZPUEL4v4a
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxAUbbh2BJ
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXUbMONU2l
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HfcZeUDJA
being a bad boy.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwKaHms7Qp
That's why he didn't 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrXfFUH1B7
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLHx7HkZwk
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORqbeYGSHZ
"D..david" the answer 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhCliUeYD2
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jyynlCPbx
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGasvFMUBk
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcB9uypTzrA
The man put his hands on538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAveFVMgUx5
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlN3rlgDgr
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIbXiUhetz
David meekly shook his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKkqsGB21w
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkkYGExVbF
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRAs8U47IR
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPWyq53U1g
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpw5uOu95b
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBq2mNpAUr
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ9OMZ47Ub
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rBZ5ZpWff
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH2IgFVxHa
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0IPqimas4
Davids body.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaadVKpkdai
Please don't. Came adult David's voice538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXReSW2GIo
Young David was scared; 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBP0949SCw
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV0YcP2ZwG
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkpxYIzYAE
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaV4DnVf3l
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF85H7Ou7f
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqctkqbmbBO
"Mummy, mummy!" David 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYiYNwCJs3
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8akVrYGVB0
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU97AUA7j0d
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYGxydLyTS
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEwpyb3IX5
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH884zzouuw
David didn't even know 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMQcksE6Ub
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWk8sWPoV3
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN0orZ8HAI
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCjq5FyTbx
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOEH5XeItD
David could barely hear 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzVRfJQih8
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X6CgNA8q9
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBIvmKLLDo
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTwc1lhKgn
anger. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXG0enJucDT
"There are more 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4zk1R8uMI
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4QRc22WT7
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xPkUMoQto
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmzfxsfXKN
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92OsGBqdE3
"What else is there to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdW03qtT6N
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5O8FSRein
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7kkGUL4yt
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmBZ8EPT6G
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1UfjFyCYf
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOpYo6uFZN
floor. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYRmfvKaPU
Even the pain didn't 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK1dk7htHV
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRvFizqIy0
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLOPfz1GKs
everything would be gone.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjwaR97mli
~Just like that, give up538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldDEYeiXFv
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5mkmO3kER
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv7y8TsJdm
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNFKa50B6V
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpBvzygWPe
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWUrZCh0oL
than this."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHNzUypJkT
~STOP! ~ David dropped 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDy2AgyH7r
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoPOjwN7no
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvks0ZfeBAE
survive. Survive and live.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDFOJdChjW
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SrTlHUtNw
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC43q53T2d
"Indeed." Jester 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi1X6g2Ajy
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTvS78wqYD
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzAX8HBQ5U
like his own did.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIdTdr59cH
"Why did you try 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rmrWQ4zGR
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBPceLOb7q
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7C9E03W6g
process the influx of memories.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9tFZoXwSS
"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,"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVrvZaX8Zm
"You expect me to believe that?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuQv8DkN3Y
"Believe what you want."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8PZeQhlOA
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBq3LEX5U4
Jester chuckled. "All of538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDBpNqb4qg
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa73IhIldM
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTjn2VjYkJ
"That just 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH89mNeXi4
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnALDzoUTR
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYGewRe9rN
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAFZzYjyB6
David nodded. "Do it."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs2SDCtD2s
Everything shifted. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc98QHJ7wPK
David was cleaning his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRchUpaCP2
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4naHnmxmS
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06DLkGKFNi
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RvQIUEqBG
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJMFvui6zo
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FMkIAY2Ax
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoJJ5V5wwS
His last one was just 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhlFf7t8qG
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgiEKQjhaq
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK4ntMfISz
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aQ2zMu0tK
Undamaged goods she loved to say.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWlw9DwXlu
Right on cue, David 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOKdJhHiE9
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ21PDM0nxV
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfe6SKMI0u
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOHpa3FYoU
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRx1YVISsa
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGNHQmjJzz
Why was this his life? 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZsK8HDhD6
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl82B1sgGW
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2AFYLHsPS
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgDijd4jtm
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIS0f6zh4q0
vein trying to get his eyes. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO0PNMN9em
~Enough David.~ A voice 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGnC1vx503
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTvWms7Bew
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQxfiKMhDS
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuHw1Xuvf4
and met resistance.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLIe2WJhnu
The scratching and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBsprMDtO3
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l65hgYPfj
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ1l24DO52
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdp4IUhaGp
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rGbZ7ZBdb
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFTM5X5FWM
Oh god what did he do? 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzb8HFdQ4X
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bPoXF5xae
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmmyaYmG8u
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0WUCvSpjc
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Sv9emMgxL
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXb9hJOrk4
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8xs3GSAui
blood.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIUUJCOYxO
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUT7bK1Y95
There was a pause and everything quieted down.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cD63yhn7W
A boy named David just 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppEHYxzv5x
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cp2HF9RTl
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6R6kuRK8yb
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0Qe9rXUDb
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PDNYJxDvA
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzq0ZRwfyf
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JL08yRgG3
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2B8yGHdvY
silly of him.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTYfXqX8pg
Remembering his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiuZnHI9id
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulRA17as5B
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJTL4YyiFM
table preparing a meal. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBItFTrDhm
"There you are David!" 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk31o4uHyT
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJa9H5wo7L
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP5ViBaJQb
This isn't the truth.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxURQPWNzpa
David obligingly sat 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYWsHUIEYT
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkEHQyA711
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bQLOJoFDY
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHF2o2cG30
A dream, nothing else.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk0fSR0ZMG
They all thanked the 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZk2OmR6CG
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1V5v1l2vd
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz9jdpegFd
this lie.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFEpN9PPpY
A lie that has to end.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlN7cb4sjL
David was standing at 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwvGzM3bWx
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyCVWAhvqu
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjmmBSpH0X
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ62uTnkdoO
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzqhYlOBo0
Either way David hated 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp5VHpVjR5
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6H1xo1Dse
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPLXyWFzGC
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQW90HsUSC
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRebcr1hZO6
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLvwoJwATY
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9PCgTYShJ
life this happy blissful life?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpIpHqAEL8
The answer was so simple538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadwa5j3OBR
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxdnfdHptW
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4BMLhmN93
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfYRbqJwyR
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV6ZbKME9H
David decided to start 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrLfTAp1Lt
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIFn1JBii3
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ojmiZYeEP
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZSEtwNw4o
mother. "No more mercy."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQfzsBPT7I
With the last stab 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQhNggsCpo
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6L7WKttl4
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYi8N0AyiR
emptiness.
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