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Some of my colleagues 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5LBsTjpH8
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM36ZwJxLf
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSsuGL2JWa
suggestion or hypnosis.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRA0ctD1Vvj
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdJpguEMWJ
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPx95SQEto
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqDofGsHp4
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoYDWfmAr7
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN8ulwY4C2
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBg0CgZL3S
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9FdAwjVjh
capabilities.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzy0zDBxei
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEC6tb36hb
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David awakened. Not 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYxnXtq8RL
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKSBcvIZHz
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREz5bhrQu7
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cojz9CGyk
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLJsSYvGnq
undamaged.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IJT58Ta0q
"Only your physical body679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs4ebfEyVg
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0R9uVGaJD
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA75P49Aak5
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHK74uE2QL
A shadowy form appeared.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrAZv2aSpR
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUOUK6PJnj
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXHjiKw4ik
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN1ZYh7NYJ
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFBJnchOjB
"Am I in the...ether 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznSV8bAnSs
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIK3zTdFYO
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXwyx8LrkK
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNOnhXge2D
David was tired, too 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5XXX4NBip
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbkO8b7Pob
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz3vReT9je
The shadowy hood cocked 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnPZd0LyN2
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6kmeq7faV
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nehkcMcrd
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu4RkiRpkN
more grateful."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOMblVHVTQ
"I..."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne2AOzF8mk
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A7UxVdlVf
David groaned in 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIQCAQHU3q
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesYKST0H2J
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCekvUw2Lv1
falling point, that'd be fly."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmHnPMkoIT
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQqdkAyDTx
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FxKglrP14
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn6VrpfVOK
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXhFpTjjdE
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV67IlABwE
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwAP1ujVtJ
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ68KMar02E
David shouted and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzMxQnTPex
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJDD7Hzwy6
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iujHOkB6e
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixR7VaUWNq
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyheYIWMz9Q
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKzEPy3sQi
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQifDTxbRd
mist.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBzeneDHwt
Jester's voice came from679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIMIPwy2DT
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy77YohSr31
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9PzFWA59s
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHcJ4tmxAP
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JIVTqulNg
creating a circle around Jester and David.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6DQnGoOI3
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LCVFUvw1y
"Shut up!" David 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pGVgNLhmt
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoaAMKnlg0
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDWgVubK31
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECYN29DzmD
Jester gave another 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK3pMZoubM
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR43jpExfqE
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQhzFshTyH
afraid of the truth?" 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbMVTbSnb6
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpIA2wmRCv
"You're what? A 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIYALn5Bu3
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ajrxye7wh
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssAFheFI5S
you've done not matter." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDV8tx8LUDI
The shadows completely 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcQZWlM5cE
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0ayg0Q7B6
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH8q7T8b4h
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8yY2HdtFE
eye and shadows swallowed him.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGragx4nHk
Shadows parting, David 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoUuxe8cnJ
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxhxdwaJ0l
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9n8eDF7Ca
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb26RVzKlr
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZJP9C0l6m
mother679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovryo9lMAR
"This is my memory." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMOlgOQJP7
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3qzm1aquH
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnL2fg964W
David didn't reply to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5HlhM1yU9
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPtVzpWWeT
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jsw38Ymsx
Unaware of what was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3SHgqAMS2
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSiLmTjDiS
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKyhqob7Za
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlEAHxXTwO
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9IH3XttfX
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB5mQXUNLA
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUgtPcOXBl
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj0QhsKA62
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY0xgk33at
Finally the screams of 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDy4Bbd7yI
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YQ4MHtcv5
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFX4t2QqjP
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJOxF3d8st
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GKkl0Mpwm
the baby's throat and squeezed.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizZ8GkXXRI
David could feel his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dpsl8d6Oz
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk3vzSDFsk
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReVy0s5eYW
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStGJXZCEAM
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnhjsRl2LO
stopped.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPHJ2uKfGe
"Oh, nonononono." The 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWncUlmj13
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l7wjUJGhy
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWtXLaWjs5
"You who were supposed 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZmssLKpAJ
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf0lZ7toC6
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY7xSk9JtW
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefq2EdziDZ
Coughing David stood up 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLQRuQIZVs
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVWFs98FUW
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwXSGkl21n
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqqE98H7x8
"No, it was a small 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8oAOF6mDL
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5QAMjtGJI
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjNogxUvN3
He was staring at the 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvc5wFKZ7i
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqzYPW86Dl
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2hnaw9ag8
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfGG42CIWs
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnoyiAdu0h
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPjbUkaQt9
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA2hPwH1Q3
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPmakcqZUx
"I will!" Came a squeaky679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKe1tX4KtW5
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdTQQlnliN
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3W6r70t2Z
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQp9ek82jQ
was an adult.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNuxgvCADL
A knock came from a door679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIvWzHIcgs
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBtEqc4Xr4
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c0nu2xY7a
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIHYiUU2MX
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1QnLTx8hB
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWhXqJ9oc7
being a bad boy.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CGRGajrkK
That's why he didn't 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJUSSwzieA
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCsszHDtWN
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUz4jBsJ4t
"D..david" the answer 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6UWqqzWjN
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabcQkiQIcy
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxLobTNnZy
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVHqODh2f1
The man put his hands on679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3TiEMtxTc
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcTy4r8zTs
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn7PRHPq8t
David meekly shook his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJicSKul1H
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG5r7EZnnG
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZe7Zv9uIP
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fvuq8tQJ4
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvidAxqXk3
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIvkErhETz
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJCT6s6qK0
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFvKJmmGM5
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUcqFo0dqe
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnA37b6Rdy
Davids body.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9GtrHXLmz
Please don't. Came adult David's voice679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AXRUSIdjN
Young David was scared; 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyHEZOFhNE
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqPvUS3hyx
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9phmx18xB
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN54f9cQRSr
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55vCtF7Acw
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SL28vNdPc
"Mummy, mummy!" David 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhK1FUM2KB
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUm23pcpWn
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkHC62oRpJ
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSMDxwHIUO
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRh8vpiTsM
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qHcFaig9S
David didn't even know 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSeY2u7EQp
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrItr1MDKJk
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuGLgmuWbp
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI6uhKeg1u
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGXgnfRb73
David could barely hear 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaenxaRebU
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7qJpBsAqa
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW0MZlXHfU
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK909QWtnKM
anger. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOGnMiyeLI
"There are more 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt4iHhP7jC
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarexoCI4Ou
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQbDEKUppU
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm69sSTSI34
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjjSLKvil7
"What else is there to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrPqos9y1v
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQWmKWMq6W
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RP0itN21T
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32o6tThhTe
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8rcNyZuvP
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDeQGvyTH4
floor. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ6Kkmce0G
Even the pain didn't 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8S5Va8hblR
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNVcDLeGvH
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wWMcqShWJ
everything would be gone.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWnQYMjW8w
~Just like that, give up679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c6hR3AWup
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAmGY9clQA
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4M1sDa0NE
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8PGmba4z4
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMywZKyw9l
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztKCA08d8o
than this."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDDiC6DOnx
~STOP! ~ David dropped 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LnDGbvnXc
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdl64HwdbiL
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipqTUs8GxJ
survive. Survive and live.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlQQA8FCRO
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorMNfs7eGO
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkSiHFv6xT
"Indeed." Jester 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz38bFccIO
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67mcIpoL2y
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseYVWtdaqk
like his own did.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzVS3HJHXv
"Why did you try 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ073eL9wHNU
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOvQUdKwMT
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wpJFZhiuL
process the influx of memories.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXusWFgWiA
"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,"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxuSpZd0Si
"You expect me to believe that?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyT1Hp07PB
"Believe what you want."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg6E8jvDNQ
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntZoGXmZkR
Jester chuckled. "All of679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtCCRislmH
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLygmm4xBmR
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyscuTgrhS
"That just 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd5Gnt3677
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhttKsETKzb
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5lZB2YL6m
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK44LTH6nM
David nodded. "Do it."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtEUsMWBle
Everything shifted. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3R2VkACR9
David was cleaning his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxSVw2o6lA
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX1I7J3WSA
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHHZfhxPGh
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqx4Yl0MRN
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsQrVLgS87
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW69K68n0kk
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgqf7FW6w5
His last one was just 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV9Gr77hVG
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiR1XoMEn9
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeciZWlk32b
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCGLZmEH7b
Undamaged goods she loved to say.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nKFY4fwxz
Right on cue, David 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IjbjB6ZJj
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSdBSCbCcm
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BtlNKI3LC
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OrjdnBHUR
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YjAxP18Dt
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9GGKcBl62
Why was this his life? 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lAxhgXY5Y
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdT902kC8d
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhk9MXYCb3
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8qtyaePEa
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0DGIrufyY
vein trying to get his eyes. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUG8Pp93Rm
~Enough David.~ A voice 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgOk9cYVU4
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsMV6gGDKp
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfnPR9FESF
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbBfLrSb9C
and met resistance.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN1kQ67VcD
The scratching and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEECbRY0N6d
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1JORvTZKB
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD48orekWTH
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93RFG3zR19
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX7LgkEijw
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZq5TGwzaru
Oh god what did he do? 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b8SzhMSYq
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMeuzqVdoJ
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomKrBTRY9C
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp1gIpowKr
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EuPzbFiv9
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrckzNWVlim
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64ZWmyh6aT
blood.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUWbtZ957W
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdYLTkDGRz
There was a pause and everything quieted down.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujgXvrKs3p
A boy named David just 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzKk1GQC77
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLqpr1GRVp
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VI7wTuz6A
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq30oEzJa7
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhfgP6ojzy
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0a8hUrlTM
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f2EI48Blf
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z2AnjUfdY
silly of him.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjykrSoHGY
Remembering his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3NBUzaGKt
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE4tDYbDXa
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0BJgaGOAt
table preparing a meal. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1ae97HxFZ
"There you are David!" 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICGKdtaBH1
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjEiCMOVAw
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFZRtanfUS
This isn't the truth.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyRKZ1izGw
David obligingly sat 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEyfAM9yD8
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaEdW52hS5
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFVifNr2kj
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA5dunHOv8
A dream, nothing else.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEW70czC3R
They all thanked the 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo42TfiurJ
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAKVlXbHZB
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLm4fQ3PTt
this lie.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxqYDiBkw8
A lie that has to end.679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0B2SjxbT0
David was standing at 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjCnX3Zyq5
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0bZeBW3eG
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzsBGiFVUO
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWinYo7mZW
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gZFxcRWVX
Either way David hated 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvhJqqHDm1
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaFOhD40Ab
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlaxybp0vV
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyu7Lorl4F
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUxERkZs11
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdswm8U6k6
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazZPYwAaf6
life this happy blissful life?679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNlw2T6D9t
The answer was so simple679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSep7ng4KR
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprg0pnk0U2
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4hXfQ4t1T
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFKtBmgm0c
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmBqxsYqbQ
David decided to start 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFykY7CcGd
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TsIDV6d4z
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7M35wtckW
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaPJWitnZe
mother. "No more mercy."679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv6xOmfnj7
With the last stab 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYO1ypkTwf
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqK9Ij0ROU
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast679Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Zd2kyVgf
emptiness.
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