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Some of my colleagues 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosd8T0nlgw
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHOeo72t8q
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZglvePk2Sy
suggestion or hypnosis.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5G39Vntn4
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7ubIfugm5
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyod0xlNAn
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjjMkSEa49
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV37LShkh5s
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5Old9eePw
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRTUO7xwaQ
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxEWA63o2B
capabilities.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvLyRRI5pd
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBlou4OeMr
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David awakened. Not 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcizhK8aNV
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmWgoseut3
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHJJUrAy9Z
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UjVE5kw7Z
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHkRdJC6Lz
undamaged.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w8Waz9AhO
"Only your physical body664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8F8wm8z5l
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsRL2hpZDu
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QURYVx1LX
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0EL2WF3AV
A shadowy form appeared.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ySoU1kX2P
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgbNi8J8Nu
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuJz27lu7f
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg6rLYqQP4
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh0TnKWzyz
"Am I in the...ether 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxak0fh0EHe
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLhbmEqLmT
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11PVisQcxe
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOxfbJEgSk
David was tired, too 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm145NZmZ7
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW8pIZofS9
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HFMOaXiE7
The shadowy hood cocked 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl82BYOAErP
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwHWTZ06Gp
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNdQPz8dFT
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMIpdwN1Eb
more grateful."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dZfSrXCj3
"I..."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mTxldYJcc
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86wEWvMA76
David groaned in 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtLw4rOEJH
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC9SAwbz35
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCHMntbfDF
falling point, that'd be fly."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEYk6mioLh
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnXvs9yEF8
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7H2ykKe1E
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqM8UfYOJs
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5w9g5Hn0f
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZXcXVzgdb
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xGEVviojp
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kNdIahsED
David shouted and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCmmJsyjC9
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccTNuCT9cU
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMpZFTkFqf
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkspZnTMPcj
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fiqrhm5wU
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aLlBqS1TP
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohvDW0Foz5
mist.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFi4HC9VOT
Jester's voice came from664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd6Df1Qlx8
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEU8tRDiaQ
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v1K10Yn1M
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CcCt3Cytu
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsSHtt1bCz
creating a circle around Jester and David.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRJlkwbUiZ
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadz6JBTsvk
"Shut up!" David 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iSysbznpm
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodOX4nbUmS
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpk4UC8SHsx
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1k9xqNXCc
Jester gave another 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6TiVbdBHu
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklJbklxpnC
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtkW3f8Uqw
afraid of the truth?" 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP1U646vsM
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFwuD3fndC
"You're what? A 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwsMK1kvYy
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGdAuYehz9
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpos8ZmTE1
you've done not matter." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY2ypf3Ljb
The shadows completely 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8plDYCXDMB
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzitr8WyBvD
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaR1fTpAo4
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaX19YVPq7
eye and shadows swallowed him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfWyO7W2GA
Shadows parting, David 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2M5lwvkWL
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMscE8klXdD
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTH6miIrUG
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JJ7XdTeVR
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNTfHiq133
mother664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFpMJ1Y0V5
"This is my memory." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHeJK387Jo
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRYoj3sJx2
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbL3CWu8vBP
David didn't reply to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25DKmBnplv
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROj8eQyalh
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3CEBJJ2eJ
Unaware of what was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTA8UWIiMV
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY1ibU4UcV
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UqXp1zMco
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEmKNsqbjc
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi4WBMJRHN
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lNVliAgux
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm6hihHdBe
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5OU4mxi3A
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiNc0KJpTZ
Finally the screams of 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGPln3VvHL
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDNYf64hIp
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6KYVhzi0y
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOczL0xuAK
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRv4oT1w3z
the baby's throat and squeezed.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxeIWK1khB
David could feel his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslaFkqZhOh
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fcpeFskAb
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSOv25uACA
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHLWykQCeS
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWQiVqRqcU
stopped.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRt9kzr8qE
"Oh, nonononono." The 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd8urZk6FN
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReqQ1rnI30
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xI9gLZBDl
"You who were supposed 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe37UfeMHf
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7sdE2DVG4
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5oAu7i0HM
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3aBB7HdCs
Coughing David stood up 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ9gZsuVUK
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebF0FhPyjj
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04DQrpEySq
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUcYKJNJho
"No, it was a small 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ytlxTKi2H
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQLR1IVQzF
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJNidOGTlf
He was staring at the 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZEOFfiII3
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWdMirprNZ
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodzEBXuHJt
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rmf0kWlRg
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsVz9uXgqv
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgB2JozHiP
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfMV6TX19y
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5Pg1HRcyU
"I will!" Came a squeaky664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbNP70sjlT
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekJGMtOhxY
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFrPqtQmDq
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6CS9EFgog
was an adult.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOzyogzPz8
A knock came from a door664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAz2QV5ilx
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgACeDbyJu
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY7oAQXttd
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCUazPx7Fh
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizeb3JFQjB
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYXHxqsG63
being a bad boy.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgH75nadVh
That's why he didn't 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7uJkRNMNV
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpMw8ID2mT
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp4gmW5wtM
"D..david" the answer 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvP8eEDtEo
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qgjjEikAh
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JlGFai2cS
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fGHvpB1RK
The man put his hands on664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpnpvVvYVB
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVwSDPuhDM
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoQ5e4KwY7
David meekly shook his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgqJdPdGw8
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0ih2B7DfR
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB8ZpGeInl
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGCQOhixuR
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUSMADht7O
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhjbnu06VI
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhExreGwDYB
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuvKAHHLqW
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5ujqIG2Vp
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJtC08Xmu3
Davids body.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt5ASViwj0
Please don't. Came adult David's voice664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp4xBJshBG
Young David was scared; 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVXqLpQI4x
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tmJih9Mra
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRRKk1PCaS
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO3YBCJ51T
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UosSIMWZu
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpvW6hum3B
"Mummy, mummy!" David 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEqEUwwcaD
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cRhjndVxI
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MgC1lN9uc
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrOS67kd3h
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZmQmXyyQ5
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXyUMC38oy
David didn't even know 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcEc7btTgD
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYU6gB5Os4
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m6PoCEsP7
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfaoFhfdzN
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6O8Dyj5Zc
David could barely hear 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaACgiJ0rH
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddMbzODCbQ
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXmKs9GdIA
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUXHvenH5k
anger. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HSd7Tk7TP
"There are more 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw5FhpQLBK
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZz7OFAZRF
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBErkhU9GB
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcBaCAUFEF
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3hVlg3tiz
"What else is there to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qQXhag66k
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTKi6saxVM
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HEqQXDtCp
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70VZlHWx0Z
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITnzHMfN0m
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyh9iZXk9Y
floor. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNN68GgsA77
Even the pain didn't 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp9Ep5iTD0
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5NPhQLVfV
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwFDKlF7HD
everything would be gone.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHvchKUD2O
~Just like that, give up664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgwVmdeCjz
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsij3S88KZg
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZAgX4jNAY
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVolFtFaDY
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cazRp2wFg
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwKmvPysxA
than this."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqgdCKEQr2
~STOP! ~ David dropped 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SfYVUsQNY
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhL80AG3TU
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghXdQznVf9
survive. Survive and live.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3cnbZekZa
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYj3Ahq3C8
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GB6ezv6ES
"Indeed." Jester 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ39Mtr55i8
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDagbivwJl
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz8sQ72esF
like his own did.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz4JY2lXsY
"Why did you try 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8E0Xqhr3N
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAOM3CeJt
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEYr497ZjD
process the influx of memories.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2rPy8piHj
"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,"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZutnRjGjID
"You expect me to believe that?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0d8KD4qcY
"Believe what you want."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsixDSZJ0b
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClIhFDbezC
Jester chuckled. "All of664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zsHuOAnTc
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jxj4zbyQY
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpscOUspaoZ
"That just 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kkiQoPdAX
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGH1GliiJl
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobFIGEm0kB
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvnz8V0zcM
David nodded. "Do it."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvPOEceazm
Everything shifted. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUHwRz3kpY
David was cleaning his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UU2ALIcVP
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7t0h9Ev30
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6KL8XpQOv
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrepoL9zBwD
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFlwW1MDAQ
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLNCGupRSS
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mbelzXcg4
His last one was just 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0tXKqre2h
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUinsFMzOR
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2L4khqZB3A
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjAgJoNYpg
Undamaged goods she loved to say.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzPLyStnd1
Right on cue, David 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISdBTwRvfV
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozXJXMV9dw
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9St8WJSJJ
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYj8BZPFql
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZK267dM8v
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYMjJKUynd
Why was this his life? 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR61f9wfzYD
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky6J7pOrwN
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Yvj1ejVUc
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZNC92IN0o
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeY8vwxhm1
vein trying to get his eyes. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYSJiCZuk
~Enough David.~ A voice 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlXo9VUrH2
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxSGMFLLX6
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcWOJAMUsc
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyhU90bFQ5
and met resistance.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRI8BwP0dz
The scratching and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqfKeoruRS
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A0VPs0xK8
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7OkIpeYBo
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajHv1BQ5Gp
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7c0VSRVPN
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzPuGZviEG
Oh god what did he do? 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95vAlwDvTX
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTXczY8Ay5
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53c2n6eQeL
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RBvXiSss2
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC2nec76Tp
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW27j2n9tHz
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptIpEVjK2q
blood.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AY5gp8oqK
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65QHvxqCQf
There was a pause and everything quieted down.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV9cPCBv68
A boy named David just 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavpn7d1brS
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GFijsZ8hS
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWjl4elAEI
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihChwCxW9c
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ770mvUakRR
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ565IBn337B
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSaoPpSWDq
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAU9LMsbKu
silly of him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkUUazEIQW
Remembering his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJvftelWLF
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpGlUv9Pm7
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkuYLy8Dbi
table preparing a meal. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJjYPGJIfO
"There you are David!" 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxay20d3mf
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lqB8wEdPm
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjHnJUwZRI
This isn't the truth.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg9FG8uPjX
David obligingly sat 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUuxgMJ5UZ
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPHePRRLuG
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjIOBpVOKt
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVX7RN1pkD
A dream, nothing else.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rxs75gydR
They all thanked the 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu32p5azYj
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc34fw8M0HB
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5peta46gV
this lie.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwNhAvylh5
A lie that has to end.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw465UubDr
David was standing at 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkhCnFNnuA
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk88gtX4Q2
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DfJvnozfn
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gTtnrJyjU
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLawPF1SXL
Either way David hated 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJnlwPtKmS
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oHCmvfkWh
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPZj331983
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmCcBFL6Ax
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8N58aYfQg
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgGP2XeKum
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OiqvfQdQ1
life this happy blissful life?664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKKWp6qAu7
The answer was so simple664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuO9rhUfb6A
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gvFR0J66l
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9SYlyo7D0
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGbY2YIq8a
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9CWF7YqH9
David decided to start 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEssfz5KeCf
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw723ZK46S8
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmVBmdo7gj
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcEnsQ0HRp
mother. "No more mercy."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1mggwumPR
With the last stab 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoEILk6HKH
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKtWQRBWfD
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95YpBjvc10
emptiness.
664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCivBMeSEBp
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