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Some of my colleagues 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYVx8Igt4j
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGXaMZRzfd
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeQwBABpXn
suggestion or hypnosis.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6F4guq15G
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadoUgiMnm8
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXZ4QWzgsj
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP3qNUq9EI
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I7lc6eQSb
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDJIU4IjgC
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyoQ3cJr1z
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSJBUegRVD
capabilities.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzRGDdB5Hl
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEXYCRZ7G5
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David awakened. Not 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVEdufOcLv
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWx9pHIcm7l
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYCqMgLBf9
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjnBJ6ciiV
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMZxyTM20y
undamaged.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8QsLfgVhJ
"Only your physical body593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SC3vDI9wS
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgyojwCl6y
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgzUMVLmmC
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyqPvYow2K
A shadowy form appeared.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbZfHcAHAw
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQy2pTgfAr
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrH90q0Rlt
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPtPCHc2NZ
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hgafQuII9
"Am I in the...ether 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9J3Rmu96t
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjD2Mr5iee
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoqjV1ETDp
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEW9V8orsK
David was tired, too 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC66xC4lHc
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiWfIrG6Nu
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkX9BDKAkn
The shadowy hood cocked 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2CEGetfPb
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqgX085ptd
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHtOdUzNRO
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuhggKVyI3
more grateful."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9ztaDMZUL
"I..."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb8vFMIMsH
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz7Of48VsZ
David groaned in 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLU9704kox
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADQ6UEdw9a
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGcdlfbWJr
falling point, that'd be fly."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZsrELaeT8
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubxSJIDkVw
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpxghWIjnQ
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExqe6RhrmB
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuph97aBQe
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsWtO4EJUF
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KInz9TfNp
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgMNTS8zIz
David shouted and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0OlTR4jH5
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukH9qleGVI
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G5OUUznqn
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Lqs6eVWkL
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCmN8zBY54
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N7ff9kyIh
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HvmiJEJvb
mist.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWvQYZYjdT
Jester's voice came from593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxjN6qakKI
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxVPTRhT7C
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWsDoKDfSj
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdDnqawPQI
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWTFvDzAbk
creating a circle around Jester and David.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qyUJNmOnF
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iieFqdK5W
"Shut up!" David 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MlS6iqeOF
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefaaf7ewrm
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8Hkz2jtzw
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlbl3svbKa
Jester gave another 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7NWSqWfLu
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7p6otiX4mM
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUbiesZ9MC
afraid of the truth?" 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oePjy63By
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQTmVqy5BT
"You're what? A 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY713DH25Ue
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsy0ig9U0F
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrL0jN9bwQ
you've done not matter." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqgi0j5Hue
The shadows completely 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHMm6vSdwD
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeWV5WwXbs
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0YWnP5SX7
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PYsT3rcqo
eye and shadows swallowed him.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPk4hPj40mz
Shadows parting, David 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxYtnSvM0E
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq4BPJMQ6D
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmokoGR38P
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7rYIqUkc6
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3Ozg9IBxZ
mother593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuafeZXSGGV
"This is my memory." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1PpjXRR1D
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K2x3hqZMz
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJPzxyy6ZW
David didn't reply to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyats0b6MbT
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldJGzzYv2e
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVF9sGJ91p
Unaware of what was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexvIeatdVa
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpXyqsVtQS
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUunA1Rgmp6
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhzzI5dDHI
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDpHBbfetY
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yvmbUWLel
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn9R1eYckj
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6d3ByyxuB
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6HlHC4bZk
Finally the screams of 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD95APztdxt
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8bpa5OyNG
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiU7cgpC9P
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3tf3X3sKu
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUkK1z4qUR
the baby's throat and squeezed.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJOysP4pTZ
David could feel his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUArz858ed
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKwguyZtSD
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBfLtDDYFT
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3xCwOsYmf
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd3YOqdtZB
stopped.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb6s7SIgyN
"Oh, nonononono." The 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnJpylmjBA
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JzyTXUuwV
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYuldAAkJL
"You who were supposed 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoodjm3byw8
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTmIj7ghXf
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5JWZ6L1fM
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEgmk3SLIX
Coughing David stood up 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HiIUcGOZ5
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtUldNRXn4
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl45VKzGGZ
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvcuoC4Ghh
"No, it was a small 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bSJD9778m
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6ennUwsWr
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA4aMb4SYH
He was staring at the 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd4OntXa4H
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM6EVuP17s
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1RCKTARRc
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuSRJveC46
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCQ7OLWP2A
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeE6oqoz5z
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9PlatyToD
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vOItKlR7X
"I will!" Came a squeaky593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4p21LHiOV
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U2pABCdX9
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KMrqE5Zdc
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf4Lx57ETA
was an adult.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgigex3Q45
A knock came from a door593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjPLDCC1zB
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL7uFtI0cT
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDsrMHJq4E
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ67B0RavEd
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTr4qSwQbo
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahMNY6wWDU
being a bad boy.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4Lrj81zIU
That's why he didn't 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2prLN29Sq1
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiQm2dBmQM
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX484awKGqo
"D..david" the answer 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKevAj3arA8
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB18Eba0l8d
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkQvPBBLDR
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUg7GAgpUun
The man put his hands on593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDkCpMmaQa
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTkxiuqR6e
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpfPfCW7oE
David meekly shook his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCSUouXDxf
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv862MfAIsa
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMQ4k6TagA
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sGcZbVauK
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1dyoejrdp
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUESh0xi6MG
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gILz6pNTn
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomrMmFQDBX
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OwH0gvnbD
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnqhM0Y3xn
Davids body.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidkoFySAII
Please don't. Came adult David's voice593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCJblDm3y9
Young David was scared; 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGo6NdLxCd
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN1WbcpGAm
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKNQWDduAL
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoe7bth5AC
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC0B2BmUTr
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pPihOXS6L
"Mummy, mummy!" David 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfwRX03VPx
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUJNhOMR08
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPQqC0LE18
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9uLCe3DXr
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARooryPl7Z
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AUuZg2VJm
David didn't even know 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xcbhk7lzu
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPcPz935ZJ
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HUfjWVol2
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiUjlgugXK
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe9Au8fDRq
David could barely hear 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQHJLldeh0
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7WptLpfMn
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN1G3GaNyc
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4LKwPOLz0
anger. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HnnSsVBw0
"There are more 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnew31kYJc
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanvjqilMH0
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aswI6S2Pi
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGNk9VpD9p
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yDfaZyznV
"What else is there to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDg8NdCfK9
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvddmAS2rJ9
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4P3ViyRKr
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRjytGk9Y6
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8e0r1aN9G
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUerd3BwIWI
floor. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3bjemAze6
Even the pain didn't 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9FhUwyley
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTjYO6vj3u
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZXjfuhpkK
everything would be gone.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaPg2DShb1
~Just like that, give up593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhO4zHQXeL
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmUAha9chp
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00lcbOmZFL
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsizIApdAQ
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTOQLbQwDG
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a6m07YA47
than this."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfLNaDCHX7
~STOP! ~ David dropped 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0nGbly40M
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFBSzL1GHK
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcpZIov0Fh
survive. Survive and live.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGDiuUD0KL
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM0uCHSVVp
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpwj0pmOfb
"Indeed." Jester 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKKY44wPRk
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFsyuUXIAA
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYppSmVLIJ
like his own did.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr4b6Fq1Yz
"Why did you try 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtGBm9oUyw
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6pbSiqaRs
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4ive1oV1v
process the influx of memories.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdb1QOvwXg
"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,"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskgaqjLUD0
"You expect me to believe that?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChSmn6JFBP
"Believe what you want."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbXu2jK6jz
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahhlIA4TNE
Jester chuckled. "All of593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYexUJbCrB
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y7SXDLn3z
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqdgjboymJ
"That just 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcD45O7AD7
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVybiBSBxUY
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6td5wjLDV3
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡairhnjaEer
David nodded. "Do it."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdYcJV1FGv
Everything shifted. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vhRZqqg8d
David was cleaning his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2MZc8IBGB
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHg4XB3Vmz
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuv3LJIce3
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzJEZWPZD3
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqHGWHZRyc
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGBix9WdC5
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZZiwZvJr5
His last one was just 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfqjxySguS
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QtrnyWvCG
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS83yoVILxJ
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNWcDFD94k
Undamaged goods she loved to say.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI89wSeihL
Right on cue, David 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevJTnhd1Z2
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNsm09l5kO
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLRVw2aJaw
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5bCcijf8z
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAXdvSbsRn
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pjAfTBTbI
Why was this his life? 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy11DqZvTv
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PMsqy4X90
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSIkA1GepQ
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pgmnKsDzk
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcIXqJ8CC1
vein trying to get his eyes. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgDRVu74YC
~Enough David.~ A voice 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnTEoNJuZW
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoV28GWWyh
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWysQMC1gJe
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzjJ0AaQoU
and met resistance.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL1vJa3T95
The scratching and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS0RZWUAvB
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCscYlxvS5
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNsR8BkYkN
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfif7yMj95
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQvhsqPowx
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlPBVcitAB
Oh god what did he do? 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyPmMyWDHm
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsLUcqSFqa
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzTxyYU8AL
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOtDGqwyJN
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp0LjGgvSb
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yRM5cfWYd
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhWQxG3fhx
blood.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdzeCV2cdm
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0rmT8Jnex
There was a pause and everything quieted down.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk28UUQTjG1
A boy named David just 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpie8uRmZl
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0wddsBpFy
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2ZcLH4DEB
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrvXjBbF7F
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOu2hKpTp7
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ47XhwqHo
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd8aWjgQ0J
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQDXs5o1qX
silly of him.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuTBgDs16F
Remembering his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxQ3MEo1bR
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjrB8exvJK
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDn8NWJ7mW
table preparing a meal. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVWRwyaQIu
"There you are David!" 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulcnsEYzhu
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ2KVHxfds
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6LQhsMhBk
This isn't the truth.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptH1sXOeBo
David obligingly sat 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqu00fIMAE
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwLyRyXcoG
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSzFh2E3Ji
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQvQJN2XZf
A dream, nothing else.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ltfmzOTDz
They all thanked the 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNH19Fn3EQ
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBe04XfDrzb
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8MkVkYSKU
this lie.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXUbRH1mmc
A lie that has to end.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZf6fvtLNwu
David was standing at 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fv3ibBKTQ
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOMXtg2Qq9
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUzpnbBdYQ
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnvNVR2LSX
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOdsYJviLZ
Either way David hated 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsv3U9BEmH
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S5ojJCpuE
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAZM6U0MDL
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4YakUVPN0
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZk4Mx9aVr
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsXhgQDO8x
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3ULpsO4kf
life this happy blissful life?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyR4O9FbsyW
The answer was so simple593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYenye6ToTK
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8Ouof4BRu
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJIojWIlgN
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTNYiPDyyc
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCt5dnDf28
David decided to start 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5akoE7mPG
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLLuPbJgep
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINWN9utYOs
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78T4K5F9TF
mother. "No more mercy."593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7at2gCfaA
With the last stab 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyKdxmKmbJ
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetEv8zTxPG
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMteB583TUF
emptiness.
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