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Some of my colleagues 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhlBfrfMdP
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3muEKHdxVq
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDSLzM5EF2
suggestion or hypnosis.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4lVKTf2W8
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvU5juCwPD
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBJKQwC73I
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ShKhxuWPG
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQQvpUV8Tw
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZJ5DKX83h
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcptLzM7QKA
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKg9V21vAN
capabilities.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZnjSDbfvG
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofOAQj5Ajf
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David awakened. Not 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp6TvrcFyt
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0O5e7Lm8x
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPd5iKbBIsz
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp86XAWHMq
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyxgxNERh4
undamaged.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrZxcTW3UM
"Only your physical body693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuQNwJosoE
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2FcJyPflD
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUH852ob2Gz
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4wYDhm570
A shadowy form appeared.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae0IauHTXR
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxW9biJAPD
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQJopLoKRe
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wbaYmZeXp
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yBvxWAKEj
"Am I in the...ether 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEolpeHLHTy
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIBOyOdiia
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtVbWWHlgP
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeugV38tUuO
David was tired, too 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcsR1JY1rr
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPzN7Ect8p
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PLfjONR3A
The shadowy hood cocked 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl99duSZUck
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM3gPpyf8Y
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOBvggudxE
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNGFnDkj4z
more grateful."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr24IfSLe4t
"I..."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6D8ENufK8
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV1vGF0PLN
David groaned in 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP6bt4gN2B
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAdDYaT3gg
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDEFju8fyb
falling point, that'd be fly."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hlpkYs054
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CDQARmCC5
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvScx8dSe1
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvoa2rxZ9N
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszY5UHDEBZ
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8mfvwzpbQ
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaL5vOwLl5
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk79N2Vn3tQ
David shouted and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopSj0VRf6u
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ555XbNM0gz
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKttarI8ouM
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ34MacWuM
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEv9fzKBEA
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzULTPuXv1k
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJc7RrAxjo
mist.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3h8eCq1QI
Jester's voice came from693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDUzhn9ruc
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWF9hHcC7U
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpmpoPnXeo
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jFHgGWMYK
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYwxlCEghG
creating a circle around Jester and David.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaTgmvnn8C
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wfOwk0i37
"Shut up!" David 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7OHbR4tLE
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qmDji5wxH
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6w3N87FaO
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpfJMg6FIj
Jester gave another 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI72Yjzabx
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GzgJGOFJB
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOFM777ub6
afraid of the truth?" 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkmL1dxD0d
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyZs1GofgW
"You're what? A 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtnFgJh0yL
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxrJGmr1Kt
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoC3k7ewvN
you've done not matter." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb73in1vA6y
The shadows completely 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2QTnAbyei
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDEQCeZk04
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZOywya728
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQ7BE54gwb
eye and shadows swallowed him.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3HVVFnciY
Shadows parting, David 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgIQPvYtKc
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15SNzbrUAu
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43Us1cGtsA
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36WICIXB8Q
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1BYsVoT5R
mother693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDpQcxwamh
"This is my memory." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO23XeWkzgZ
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tUEhbX1ub
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eyRtBIWNg
David didn't reply to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A0i9Zh7VL
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7eAiCIShz
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41LgyBurh1
Unaware of what was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26Dqi4yIH4
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmudMSr7O7
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSKuuco5rH
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqwYAp6g3b
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqpEnzPqYK
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHMkmauJ57
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8y1oAh09w
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg8eZu96SY
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qW7EiMiCp
Finally the screams of 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD77xbMiNzQ
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvybPH9BBR
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfcxHXnFlH
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvVH3MPybB
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOMVCOePkK
the baby's throat and squeezed.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiquNhQugBX
David could feel his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuHJlOwp7w
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLZJiBqdwG
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgxWfwSI8W
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWpOjQS2Qq
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzERFyZxrC
stopped.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FmzHB1zJL
"Oh, nonononono." The 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMEK6KnsN7
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MYDcsjFl8
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAdnqIGExn
"You who were supposed 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs1S6AN9po
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yswE4LLW3
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQGWJIce4p
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAjl4OSpgZ
Coughing David stood up 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWG2AulDQP
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QxvrxWZQz
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0DIMMymxO
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7jAcr2M8W
"No, it was a small 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJNqbjwhpx
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WPhANcMav
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Kx3RYGGV
He was staring at the 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQykDCDT7LL
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbDXMbDDY0
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa50UoWAXw
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pgZaTPEgB
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldyBKTQgOw
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYTwmGuMfx
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe6xBZ9rM7
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ884veJwDZI
"I will!" Came a squeaky693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrULdMidCr
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSGPWRkhgj
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRKjJ5XDkR
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5WEjql8Du
was an adult.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotosDjDHsm
A knock came from a door693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvG8HT5hiD
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQMVEyy7D9
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbRYJqeJ9O
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsy1BIp8Mb
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEHwDq3l5C
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOe2AQ8IFR
being a bad boy.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyArMfo0Aox
That's why he didn't 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxGLYd82bR
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6tioqK5Uf
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ3MGDHFo0
"D..david" the answer 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0oVgwjmJr
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRHxgU8leX
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfItTTN5CAc
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDGbKFCHgH
The man put his hands on693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFib5d2Bv4t
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpaPbmRRLe
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfE5jSVgCt
David meekly shook his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHk6ju7WlM
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iNFFDtDGU
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDh8QQWqTF
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmnEqNQfYY
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0T8XUtfpqU
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutmzEzHTem
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1hyJ3tfYA
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsrdZFI8so
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSnqlZPFq6
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLGXezowN1
Davids body.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qtJej8PfZ
Please don't. Came adult David's voice693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2SRKEckrP
Young David was scared; 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4shKzhUl3
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCNct0t0mI
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat89HhJip3
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauZGijM45u
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRcvOjlnZj
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PAFgWClti
"Mummy, mummy!" David 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAqERO6kSg
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT63zRlBqg
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHyVjtGz4j
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q4GWRmdeP
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOYg0Q1MPv
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡty1yRhNfCq
David didn't even know 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HISMqqis4
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvJiRPnnTd
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3oooSn2tK
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTv563JGO3
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4t8vcLD7q
David could barely hear 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzeBZJLSrg
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o5E2y7dlV
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTmtB8gly3
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvW7Cou6vb
anger. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkK34HQyha1
"There are more 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhw5UAzYpt
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ovcQ3m0oB
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMca3HierXg
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBex9ZhkuR
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI87teoXKYO
"What else is there to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9L2HDTjJH
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsvZN6FBWa
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTpPKsx4FV
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QUIrqSGMH
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw41QelM5AD
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwepsPCjIiE
floor. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR56ONlxmkI
Even the pain didn't 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaMKVTnKp9
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jGDnrQ72i
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIr6dN7wjP
everything would be gone.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpje2JyisZ
~Just like that, give up693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgASgLY4gEq
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu115C3uNY
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8r3VHm08i
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50QkLZtGFO
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzowwU3tZO9
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbl9UWskpl
than this."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LL7vXUrc6
~STOP! ~ David dropped 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RMNE6WKuZ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6stVdCRedi
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD4GCesz8E
survive. Survive and live.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU0rqFpHbB
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdwaAricUT
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AUqJfQUbv
"Indeed." Jester 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO73MMijRA
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3sOrHPsX6
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1X7iCH5SmZ
like his own did.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClwq4t5Aar
"Why did you try 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafX5vgMEyN
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMINPdMIfG
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGq2457nUpk
process the influx of memories.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5oscSz35P
"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,"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpC5jwDLWY
"You expect me to believe that?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31mD5r08Ue
"Believe what you want."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNJcFH7Ara
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDOUis5Zxc
Jester chuckled. "All of693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M1DvvSUUN
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwl4AI2pGV
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlsGN2tePC
"That just 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8JAFjnxdF
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bPuc0L9cP
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgsMACgXJt
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexeIrS0Pzc
David nodded. "Do it."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1KLjPthmU
Everything shifted. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OHOGRpy36
David was cleaning his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pXy0Ev3wm
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EsoHu9PEh
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6Dgg4zR7S
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnzSALYiQ1
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUMQ69llrE
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5RbpN0KCg
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn68vCi7sQh
His last one was just 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhubfNge2EC
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwjqpi4kY9
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlBhfNyBR0
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHG35RLlaX
Undamaged goods she loved to say.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6yt6Kt4bb
Right on cue, David 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HaWM7RmR8
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rdO7LzoY5
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAII1OmUm74
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcwszmQugg
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW10FeId5h
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQRyydQbs1
Why was this his life? 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtlXrToR2d
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1fR8NmdKv
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpa1vaSbcxV
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPD4JS0abK
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnA9cZva9n
vein trying to get his eyes. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rE11VckG0
~Enough David.~ A voice 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oQdDZZs6U
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkLdHijVEy
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJgqUdWXxP
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ033EVSeIfT
and met resistance.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzraJPCtdWX
The scratching and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k5OvvTrDQ
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRCst1rCa2
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsywOSTn0q
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNQbs7gPUB
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXnPZZRSwa
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsxOllS51X
Oh god what did he do? 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcssGLMAFv
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJPKvYNtbe
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynCeHIzqiw
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyga4rCTpf
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlYiWjS60M
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjbBrXIQAs
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBomhYl22Ez
blood.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JzagimeIM
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutb44Kv0oo
There was a pause and everything quieted down.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LmRjqnbr4
A boy named David just 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcI0yRS5Em
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYmc24YAX5
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2CUs7D64b
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Quo5GJlYw
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlGH59dnzS
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZZkwrp1vY
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAWXr2fn4e
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNZaQVimhI
silly of him.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP0PoxoDAz
Remembering his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJqiUbXRsx
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Rynfp28N6
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1A39z0VPt
table preparing a meal. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2PJvwoEsq
"There you are David!" 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoc7sYZJho
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOmD0OB2ap
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54a2P69rJW
This isn't the truth.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLJVRqjtBk
David obligingly sat 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PeE8g0a5Q
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFiLwLh4nM
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNZsPqfjzN
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqs60ssmzj
A dream, nothing else.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvevWgDMFLl
They all thanked the 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ePEPwrnn8
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2UWNc9wtP
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ycDsfUj05
this lie.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhokrK6E0Ui
A lie that has to end.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tx2jIYbo3
David was standing at 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5zybDI39H
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHFWRhwUaM
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8SELx7xPi
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50uVbiCdiW
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eQauraN4k
Either way David hated 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmCVmeyJVL
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzWhUHrVer
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpigfLBoBmd
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqsroA7wCz
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzss1X1W9S
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOdGrcyT18
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiRqGZdEM6
life this happy blissful life?693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvJmEfKOQe
The answer was so simple693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjQR1smVE3
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLVRcAz3hY
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJARKZBrFM7
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBogoPtjKq1
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC8bpBfXlB
David decided to start 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjURb6FKq7n
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMmunuPpLA
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIMQrEa31D
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRtWZLzT40
mother. "No more mercy."693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff4iAi0znQ
With the last stab 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBUh5E5tnl
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB2seDup3a
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbpYSuoAoh
emptiness.
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