635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaCpWRhOzO
635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMg6zOfgo1
Some of my colleagues 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlukCtb1j6j
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo581u4yMx
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzCPKbbT9P
suggestion or hypnosis.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI7zD5NMjY
635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotlSEN7VH0
Utter none sense I say! In a world where635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iurOqDUY6
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfw5iLUasW
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdMuQcwVHq
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAEQZUhv5f
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr65Szm1oy
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFBMAIzU6n
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxym4ClexhX
capabilities.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXtuBeKX4J
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAW4uFK2RC
_________________________________________________________________635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8eRfLM5GO
635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxESzOX8BZ
David awakened. Not 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajTvHWttHp
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56UPlycTpD
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeualRAvoiT
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJfUGHfo6l
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzk0XdbUsL
undamaged.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD4iVoM9Nt
"Only your physical body635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsL2yW89EG
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6w36epAG0
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnyvGjiNM0
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYwKfyYyJV
A shadowy form appeared.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN0HEGCZ9N
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwFkfr8o6D
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrc5BLLAAU
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQTJOkMPuF
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubg8wLGvMF
"Am I in the...ether 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5CG5RmYag
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGwfy8QKc8
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8f0wqZxq1
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzU6tVWTAl
David was tired, too 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujmdjwczdq
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOV9gIhNiZ
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW52hoVwro
The shadowy hood cocked 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdQl8l2Iab
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7BUEdiVEy
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKastwV4mf
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIwhto8GYQ
more grateful."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemSgHo1S2M
"I..."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrCdQueYzl
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH4wgeaTpx
David groaned in 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGy7dYW3ZR
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNadvRjHZl
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8D9jDdzHv
falling point, that'd be fly."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbFxjuSVK9
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyDIUnDVZc
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXkkw5fqZu
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcX1ylQ8Ra
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWBpB1SUuv
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbcOe2xtF4
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnkASjzrut
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChJGaVFvVd
David shouted and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHoka0t2WE
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoaGET7XgD
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykZ40MAFLL
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48AjrQfvPx
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPTWrQDxI5
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkbgrhJcOg
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX6uX1jOr2
mist.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7cgX5NYpr
Jester's voice came from635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYH2GsFiv1
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleRHCNRQpr
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW9ttvZz2J
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12qGk0f5jG
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG20H3uB3n9
creating a circle around Jester and David.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4H9G5S2Ti
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrOEhHEwQo
"Shut up!" David 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2JRoNazi7
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmygJe2H7Iv
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5pUWzZgMm
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA8UKjLdxI
Jester gave another 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDxncRKbGW
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf6cIgFdt8
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJYAJ6vgyz
afraid of the truth?" 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0iIrvjxr5
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXi6ymstKu
"You're what? A 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCCRoPkwgE
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZmgZmo8Lg
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0P1MF9GUe
you've done not matter." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVziJ4WeZze
The shadows completely 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubnj3EfJD0
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ0UHX8p8B
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQThORGEYn9
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrM1KFvd52C
eye and shadows swallowed him.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL29TR6Tp0T
Shadows parting, David 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj1JvgSo0F
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWqrX1rFQm
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2sFffMt3V
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzySGOr4HDZ
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURFfFvTdsu
mother635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4abLZTaRBr
"This is my memory." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2Syp9XFep
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNjJKX2zdi
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwkHtX5GS0
David didn't reply to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqGKdRoAaM
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbqgHaUos5
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIyMxMPbFZ
Unaware of what was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEycbuWyc6D
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhbHL84KI6
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQzXJpQyK1
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWD9wT2imlI
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkBRkBGXhh
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD0FvU9LQg
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmc3CIlq6J
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc1w2w7Qr1
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYjYJXG1j7
Finally the screams of 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRe5BGk5gx5
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZyW5V8mgS
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS35KsyCDR
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziyWw1P5ts
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR7Sjauk1t
the baby's throat and squeezed.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KRoev9biF
David could feel his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdAdw9ak8J
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vUseCickL
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXytGa8xYNP
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLps2kABOvR
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiviOdnKPO
stopped.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9cV637Jt1
"Oh, nonononono." The 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzgKDQUMy2
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5sdukhwtW
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLV5pCl4UCD
"You who were supposed 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jv0uNW5AQ
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTmwdsjixP
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPU43fuDfU
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBUMQ2BMaa
Coughing David stood up 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicaoWihzEg
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshgVKWpZrw
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TvPFHAdg4
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTJ68WAvyu
"No, it was a small 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQMW619FCP
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF803EMXdX
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEMwFWe7ln
He was staring at the 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHTKwjTqMu
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ef4l39k1x
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0WoCoa4ej
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qjTnQJ957
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2gloOVJ3D
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv0htCagbe
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG08N56gsn
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmX1nyEtHS
"I will!" Came a squeaky635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPNUj4iHxb
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBXv4dgS5K
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1ivdbcLaD
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijetrG84IJ
was an adult.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWw6bZrbnE
A knock came from a door635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNYsGuhxrx
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWsZkTVGS6
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAteVxthQj
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1Nd9EDo0r
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrM3kE6kOW
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlpgEP0Xy3
being a bad boy.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyILHdwETdA
That's why he didn't 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBAIrbr2BO
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwq49LJdbw
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f0v0QXieA
"D..david" the answer 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU2LQ41omN
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeet4ee0wpl
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vWWfCoOLv
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKAmrPxcqs
The man put his hands on635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpu7Q5F2fF
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzG9osFTr7
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4gw4koBxY
David meekly shook his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0ZdD1VU6r
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGFVgTrgiy
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUCIyICrim
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6x0eQmgJ6
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2WO69rsq8
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7Dio9edUY
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEya65DIUA
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NLT37pYqv
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvf1EXMW23F
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp9H10fdta
Davids body.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UG1fZDVbk
Please don't. Came adult David's voice635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwg6M6b0cJ
Young David was scared; 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejne7AkhSJ
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFC4uqoH6n
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bbz92b6XN
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOyZDuKGJq
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOnIqggz4A
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2hsE4TncB
"Mummy, mummy!" David 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qdkBDGWag
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSe2Xle0Kh
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq6MGm0g1l
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQrAugUFBF
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULoL0A55Fo
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQhvkugfao
David didn't even know 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XxhGiQvjW
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWPWGvsxQa
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxECiKIV2Wp
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABILqZSIeW
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmpmxJ1ToE
David could barely hear 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeLZpmczbu
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt3wOY9dIR
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bSMCg2DaG
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgnoJLEcsW
anger. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDrejLW1ch
"There are more 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9w3qgYr3A
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmCrLaYzJv
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMmuaiinil
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrr0p8z88g
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGyyUyAsyP
"What else is there to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvBOQpaPWJ
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUXQaCOgh7
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTej1w3mYP8
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzPlkBW1UZ
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUrLqDcm7R
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGRA3QXxTK
floor. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9y9pr6uAv
Even the pain didn't 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcQ3zisYNy
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofPWf7Pe5U
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9YErut7jW
everything would be gone.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeQC8rK3wI
~Just like that, give up635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdm7YtfBV4H
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlQ2PtxFSj
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6OmYdSnJQ
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgyFIqcHpW
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbX8rnWsaC
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc1Nqdc6zT
than this."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFSk43uEZQ
~STOP! ~ David dropped 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDj9speMav
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm2OhIJDeU
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW8bot6SqL
survive. Survive and live.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LK2g0PYKa
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhUo8kunvz
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMiIb0xcKA
"Indeed." Jester 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf7khfFhml
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS4Hq63QOW
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYpb7TaFtq
like his own did.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHXINEG8WJ
"Why did you try 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3ALly0anZ
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbTHDO7Gcu
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SNCnBBVTe
process the influx of memories.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7pBJN05hm
"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,"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVoka8HMhz
"You expect me to believe that?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YhcZq1QdZ
"Believe what you want."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G3xkKmjRd
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxPGQqR2zJ
Jester chuckled. "All of635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22LfAlcIU6
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbCqNtSnxZ
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEywQQDbmL
"That just 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC48cpDT91I
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsZ4ULvrJU
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqPPjzvU6W
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3T1OOF7OU
David nodded. "Do it."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0vIK5WYk7
Everything shifted. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfdz7mMr34
David was cleaning his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwsUy3Z901
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrffuHc1zP8
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw14SMTgxP
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWuPYjB2ha
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOahb12L9zh
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZXKzcRjMa
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSHQSpJIdK
His last one was just 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25ZDO9dfZ4
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqReuNrk1j
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNgUcP3TAL
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOeGmcTuas
Undamaged goods she loved to say.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzCgnfCJX7
Right on cue, David 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yFjDTLJNB
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmGml9xszO
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlCiEliMkf
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ2lfeySvB
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvyyOo2wG2
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDZ93xrox4
Why was this his life? 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtgNW0Vl5x
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ5PPwxjFo
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbWweZyZn3
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYt0qpC8J5Y
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyGhOjkbKg
vein trying to get his eyes. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHCucaaPyw
~Enough David.~ A voice 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADNTTJO79L
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk3S9oiXxl
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPedrQrPTuH
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY0nm9enhv
and met resistance.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWlDVXdWKc
The scratching and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWm6HSIWBo
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoJ7cheFIs
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNvU2M0fcO
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUbxpwyTM3
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQTJ7HClI6
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcyxDLg6Ug
Oh god what did he do? 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbf0BHTI5c
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvohmDv0yR
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aRbHFtB4n
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqlmQ95lx2
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxWlzXMF0s
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j3HRYw8xY
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5GQoLjvuZ
blood.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKJjpYJznc
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9liM1EWPj
There was a pause and everything quieted down.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKVyxCqApr
A boy named David just 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNRwYTwa73
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIQXqkRtmo
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRda7nUGGfz
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMvIAo38Mh
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLPPLj4zoJ
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7BWVbnLHz
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBSfdhVTW0
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNSPpFrSBs
silly of him.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkFKSUwogv
Remembering his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDAjAe2G7t
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZKRvwFkwt
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLQzVDjAVP
table preparing a meal. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIljN4O4QRY
"There you are David!" 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIUSMkV8GR
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0a3avMpcj7
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLpNHY2Gf6
This isn't the truth.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSvSSjjQT2
David obligingly sat 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCIUZNGji1
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcloPZXEzi
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DtvYKM9d3
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ922G9Om0Wz
A dream, nothing else.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg5xKO4GgR
They all thanked the 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBUPjti5jz
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpA7md0nbS
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOomTGtL1N
this lie.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu70u1Zt01
A lie that has to end.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrX83aVBGz
David was standing at 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyjrMcHCr8
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofUXCULVJZ
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42z2xWB11V
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSVqftza33
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQkc6B1TQE
Either way David hated 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6g0q1LBfX
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6As59LGgs
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5eTp7w3fo
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UiPjKBEYG
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINUk8CYB9H
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHgPGnfkRz
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0k6msadvt
life this happy blissful life?635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP4l7TAAPT
The answer was so simple635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRsHh18jGa
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x2uQMXA4i
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYTgT1DStU
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVYOfjzrty
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72rVCSVpP3
David decided to start 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKkYJ5c59V
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9RyjgExqK
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7ZTeHFGYm
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVClMGYVFD
mother. "No more mercy."635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrcCQ8km7K
With the last stab 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N38jzOloa
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJPklh3Cy3
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnF8SbH4qR
emptiness.
635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVZL3cq4az
635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFDAE90MUY
