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Some of my colleagues 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFeFs6YXDu
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTK3QIZGvM
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUezIqKZDY8
suggestion or hypnosis.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHUhAEfO1o
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQks6UV9RQ
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRBQWknPRc
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbcVpSAeW4
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH44rAQ0FLN
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5Vi0D9dmE
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82PXuQeQEI
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4lWcMBqQH
capabilities.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk569O8SW4V
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbw0NhDgQD
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David awakened. Not 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOPspLiT9h
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY2yzwgTP0
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SZJrx1u4Q
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw4FQVZ1ln
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3xUViRjFH
undamaged.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxD82kwtPP
"Only your physical body659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBbMuWd8ls
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehKJntxxEs
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObicceZZT8
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz2Lx2Zxom
A shadowy form appeared.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQOA82xeDZ
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLffhD75Dca
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Zs5yYH4tR
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHwXAPWv7z
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6NRDUez9l
"Am I in the...ether 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3lh4tSYUA
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAbnvtYZS2
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUEUMoXH48
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJZnNeyKGL
David was tired, too 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAGEL3jKdw
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybgGIvRFHx
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GvWCQu6GP
The shadowy hood cocked 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsVIJBD25n
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxpgCMqcQF
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS6ptwGYBx
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44rIAKwsf9
more grateful."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cyrq2yGHc
"I..."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSsbl7XUST
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AeiTJUuAn
David groaned in 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzSmCgnhyc
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq14rn9gpR
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RS81RAaVq
falling point, that'd be fly."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrThfq4OUcN
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMPkDgpzlG
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPpY4ivRwN
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXIyXXW2wJ
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyyuDJfrU9
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGB6LU64Xt
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDvI5fzgGX
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kq83mMn6o
David shouted and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kASusp7Fp
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLbTpCNcc1
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEieBJ9XCT
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqNd4HNcks
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj3oyCvhxK
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckn5SwFnu0
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5WBeNTWcT
mist.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrrsxkXEab
Jester's voice came from659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrquiTNIePp
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxEokS0TGI
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwju83bYeF
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5zNNHqK9z
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRQg08J1ug
creating a circle around Jester and David.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVH1Sh9t68
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmb9rASHSB
"Shut up!" David 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPm1ow4Qet
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3U7dVKzVO
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJpSXQOZEG
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GteylkJyX
Jester gave another 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJznpIJude
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn8LgChBKE
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBsA1sHEiF
afraid of the truth?" 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt5t7Abzjr
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZncGN14PV
"You're what? A 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K7bT3Oyot
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbl55Mmqss
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm08QdRin4
you've done not matter." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkibhNLU3k
The shadows completely 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWggbROnXhO
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwmcPPCZsv
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtdBbZ5wW5
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOiH7Q5DkB
eye and shadows swallowed him.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVppDD1SzPm
Shadows parting, David 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d90ssk13a
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmSPpznln6
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqoEhezS7W
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaVhAZ7w6s
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1B2HlR3NQ
mother659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv34TRlUeSX
"This is my memory." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNn33zrdpi
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLB04i0ow2n
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrwgoqiOXc
David didn't reply to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw23OCmI6Sa
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBbXRNrWQm
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeMScsYVSp
Unaware of what was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmjOdhWmTl
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy06aGXrXem
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWaOJcLkjL
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRlIofiGKo
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVUCZKuMVk
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqzQEFpqCs
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AMIuHA3kG
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdIztyT0RC
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zq1HACTQf
Finally the screams of 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2Z9vP5O8I
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNbZ6hgrjP
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o1j7GP2bp
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6HBumaegb
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9aJqIpjdz
the baby's throat and squeezed.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxump5M5O2R
David could feel his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEDB7W4IcL
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwri2UXf547
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioS8QnwzMq
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DFVsjUtEi
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFQ2xYY0U9
stopped.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtc8nGXiHG
"Oh, nonononono." The 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSld4EyAcin
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmqlcR7WF4
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBAJ1tuSOD
"You who were supposed 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI5saaJXyL
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z3p3gCVOr
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNWDNb1AVt
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd40fa7e7B
Coughing David stood up 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMqyGo74dO
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c1RfNTvon
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhn86OAjvF
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhVNitSVgG
"No, it was a small 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZVJBFVFsI
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFM9bVn1xOF
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngbBVknJez
He was staring at the 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLMB2hKQ3U
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C6S7pHpEc
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYTIeutyQU
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpjVY7UH94
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuINKYOqgE7
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtdXlCTyVv
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6HJzqWzvV
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRFqnW4HQm
"I will!" Came a squeaky659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTf7yGOj1m
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOudjsa2RwA
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd1LfmcLxk
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQ8AA9QS6x
was an adult.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLHtqopD6Z
A knock came from a door659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJtiwMOV9g
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡic0BeWJfE5
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCAPRvSw1S
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LzgYp0fSS
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ScZTFRqwc
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNahLTRUGfK
being a bad boy.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26foSBQ7Wa
That's why he didn't 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoREFW1w2SY
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZv7wb8V8O
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQdGehjFAE
"D..david" the answer 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJkaDJuIch
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8emtjkCV7v
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZwqN5eXmO
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOa60haCb1
The man put his hands on659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0gaWbWR2D
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7oDzD40Mq
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHdGw4ssv0
David meekly shook his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYY1FaPwL2
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtx7GDW5Gs
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgRyua6cK8
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFvNgBNLVl
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE29AYLj2q
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtyx7cKj14
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7lZOgEBqs
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN0JerfAWk
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh6GaiXtXB
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhXjeZuHbg
Davids body.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPT0Vw4s9s
Please don't. Came adult David's voice659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ6dl6fZP0
Young David was scared; 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCF1HYw1e4
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnSHjtUw7M
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGhXmP8zWF
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiBKAh2ORr
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU4zGqqVwG
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciP0FmUxTg
"Mummy, mummy!" David 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eUdT68ogK
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9T3wE9rVD
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZX4DDw3vb
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpndpdcG9f
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQZU785Pay
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uwsOtnwZu
David didn't even know 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9rD1VvfAD
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTokYQtJQC
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwQUjJFKaU
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KxrT6UmFn
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYufmzb6ptG
David could barely hear 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTnYP0ULlV
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGksdxVtW1o
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiUYmm8jd2
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQOV5I4MlE
anger. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8ZfJ5qWUT
"There are more 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB5IiYhKcK
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Svp5sGibH
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVBeHTsYxT
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jCJ9ZBtKv
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUQkRNZ3Iw
"What else is there to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxbAPlDBpm
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sI3q8ffOx
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaZbaD6Nor
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkUAS3GDi1
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8lZZWmLCq
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpO7Nge88x8
floor. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5aE2uhj3a
Even the pain didn't 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjHpOWsCJP
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY2F1xkhn6
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeHHv1NLBq
everything would be gone.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkCejYV3J9
~Just like that, give up659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx21ldODPRW
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NIDw9ZBv7
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARwm64FtXD
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbZsuFAJHw
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6WhATISMm
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaMoWmOP4b
than this."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1j3lrPw6P
~STOP! ~ David dropped 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNxrycOUJ1
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZTSLqpbwL
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVDTG11O6b
survive. Survive and live.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIS6WzwfCMC
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlh5EGdoIb
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnmyqf66lY
"Indeed." Jester 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3hfK2PMGB
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOunPNm1Ku
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBFV2ed2rU
like his own did.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt4ruXK8jd
"Why did you try 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtspZHoaFF
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsMKk8eyXQ
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqLCMnOgCL
process the influx of memories.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXOipxkY7X
"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,"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iutfFFSvF
"You expect me to believe that?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCeY1O6pnp
"Believe what you want."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRS71kBTWcQ
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXCJCYdji7
Jester chuckled. "All of659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIdFSeMW6G
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0znXlMIyV
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU70XBlA3C
"That just 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSh6v9RgRB
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbU8vDHvIj
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3T7ZaDI5E
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrncvv50UFS
David nodded. "Do it."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb4A7lLBNm
Everything shifted. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN6Kvro4QX
David was cleaning his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMkEYZqt5X
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjXEGcXQRz
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QAlEuzfzi
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU9h5jdRJT
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvXAWsKwhH
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ314MFG6w6f
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKzLulHJZt
His last one was just 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7ikyUdcNO
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHgTdUnJwM
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj5lH8YnJo
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiLAQQ2fSi
Undamaged goods she loved to say.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXta3W7SPbC
Right on cue, David 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNtw9xShR8
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0jtY72o1e
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSclvAPAaP
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygVqRBK5dd
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1RoVT4uWf
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfoRuDq4E4
Why was this his life? 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkF5nq2gqSo
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7IHiN4I7u
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZVFxHCD4s
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRidsi9fF6N
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50Mxp5LKDo
vein trying to get his eyes. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iUYlrUPw9
~Enough David.~ A voice 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQzyFc27lP
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0WfOATTRm
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixheCzeaUj
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DQq1HkiTq
and met resistance.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05V3m6b4ME
The scratching and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhRM7Zp5ni
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAAJKKGpaq
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZtikfuEin
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7cF1QN0PO
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJuah4duWN
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPSXRNO3Qf
Oh god what did he do? 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnkIRPi8vK
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjrPO7A8Du
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPRPKjymOY
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZRJDO280u
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EbKPCnVd9
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78T6Xn2NWd
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaWe3fNiKw
blood.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZWG8gv7pW
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2O5iT7OlZ
There was a pause and everything quieted down.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcAkjjV03V
A boy named David just 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e6LM5VSl5
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYl7tADqCC
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCf6P5BesT
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfccLsOZOa
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmAIqGdpsz
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJTSmipYjC
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg9PkUTpti
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cIr7gt5ud
silly of him.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSrrwoJyZA
Remembering his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynK5tz8sMj
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P2szWjt3S
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnKKAujod2
table preparing a meal. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsd9r0wzCq
"There you are David!" 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4koU8Mt62d
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHtxTVO0i4
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7wObLsIfw
This isn't the truth.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQXYIbfSlV
David obligingly sat 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymcORCVhwb
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsS6eDTARNd
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPgCHYkchh
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwVJ5j4ObF
A dream, nothing else.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHdMh8Y3gF
They all thanked the 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwdbPLeBui
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlsFuOQGPX
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YbF197m3a
this lie.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1eOBycvx5
A lie that has to end.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNoHZNlOd7
David was standing at 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOVhGRzVpm
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1COOkgMEg
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLKPUg7jpQ
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAfNLypVtU
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g40pawwc5
Either way David hated 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8hwRAayqj
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToIUGRPXZW
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOSWVOc3aV
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEix872HA0
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Qt4arMrva
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFOf59ygcD
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ij8eCu4f3
life this happy blissful life?659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK6TLKKHE8
The answer was so simple659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYBQoXhXbw
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXTzCxfO8d
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVxsDPftXe
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29Z1LyIxiH
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnflKsPnGJU
David decided to start 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cmaewhGpV
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGHXDQiKyl
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGROOfSfqG
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf73cRoIyVl
mother. "No more mercy."659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOR0mCUWaTx
With the last stab 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2gmXu1pwF
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR49G9obLa7
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8IzSg0KXT
emptiness.
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