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Some of my colleagues 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EjxllYVRK
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNszLE87mX
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvz5Iwrmk6
suggestion or hypnosis.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWamUGZqFg
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2SZQr4ATX
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAZ0pB9Zgs
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazSaFR7Ni8
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIXUIxh8jQ
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVonchnWnzN
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUjjQ1YubF
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrrdBGjXfu
capabilities.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4rvZdheYg
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseIrouZfcy
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David awakened. Not 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gbXi363X8
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqQkrRrB8L
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKEnptKQar
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6I2V7Wpiu
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QlJaNAoPg
undamaged.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRvAOL3Z86
"Only your physical body610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hMOfabb6j
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvJNuQ9RD1
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3T3ftNT8G
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMEaqbL8Oj
A shadowy form appeared.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6bzxk2Bd6
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jV4QcEOal
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEcICwNuSg
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXOOiQ5VRj
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzMhnsh9NQ
"Am I in the...ether 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3XVlZvjGP
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXXV4rxe14
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXLrkXKU7w
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEH4KTJUjB
David was tired, too 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlDrVd8Dte
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf6vB7P2uL
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN2jBzIUbs
The shadowy hood cocked 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4xYZHWvyz
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vA6YQVUBM
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnehxNb0FWm
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpap6h14c78
more grateful."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITobLUTsNh
"I..."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlzIaePyRd
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLblPMnhmy
David groaned in 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv3dhpcWPA
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOsSmMLarA
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsMRzXjAE2
falling point, that'd be fly."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlD4GIaC8m1
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BgqQcW1HT
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlvrBR9wfK
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunyo4w7sn0
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJSJyyigFs
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYTBvQMky6
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7sHUA8fCE
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLihHWoXZ9
David shouted and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaLmaL0KiP
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FI0jLHjtC
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oDPBBcOsW
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqXGyN4Nqj
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMIFLPlzv0
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8ceUiYYsS
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC99TjzT7z
mist.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wAvRc48QM
Jester's voice came from610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7Tq42OJ35
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7zOPIDpOM
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuITvjBjcf
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlnJhMxwB1
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWNBBjdfpH
creating a circle around Jester and David.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUBUWFtXQX
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVXQrMIGgI
"Shut up!" David 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgqFY5OEZ3
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGNMXsTUlB
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKjQ0WqMvE
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1bbZsspeK
Jester gave another 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDnLAl1Eqz
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIK8qL3qQ7
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HOW1eAVEN
afraid of the truth?" 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXmhZ1cDCe
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet2RYlJ4MB
"You're what? A 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnR0hLLnB6
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLpPUCZvYr
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloYK6PPy4E
you've done not matter." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSBRHj7Zzr
The shadows completely 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNfl7GsiHa
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0DcsXC1Cb
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N4mDWPLE2
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sOvDS7hf3
eye and shadows swallowed him.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBVtyiZvo2
Shadows parting, David 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCXuUwkkm1
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdmitp8613
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQMrOWWbVM
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS4qh8c3SW
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO3vVToRYs
mother610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4qjdbelJa
"This is my memory." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG7k9UNqzv
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYhtZ8vQ3m
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgOxzxmghM
David didn't reply to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxeDSIf0jq
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp6IK4J0CH
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5qT0hV3Tr
Unaware of what was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvTDDqodff
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJgGMp3go6
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8c5hDFAKY
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhJRX4haIU
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLURqt5q1v
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZqhAAVhZl
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpJQEceglc
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkePM080ajF
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnhDbEjxO9
Finally the screams of 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgCRsc0Rla
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPzko18N1B
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4PDp94hCz
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfA5fuGJ3K
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoks8J4LFX
the baby's throat and squeezed.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7Th2ckIOe
David could feel his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBt4PV5rKp
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ5ifBXS6u
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw490h05P5
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2twI3HHxw0
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EwRkVQMRd
stopped.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGBolTEMqt
"Oh, nonononono." The 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3z1MuQQcZ
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIpemIk80h
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoCQjCtvZM
"You who were supposed 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHiF1Jdo7A
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzopKNLInl
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBINgNfnRz
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT7aokKz9H
Coughing David stood up 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5CuZvHKyl
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKbLobtmMv
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc6stJl38x
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qZ4UBAIF9
"No, it was a small 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDflcgYrzUR
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJwoDz5tR7
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbm3c8AlCL
He was staring at the 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocokW6IKS8
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRwo4YXi52
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lXCGOkvJa
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73oKW6vPwq
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKDi6MswFL
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jU6jZ4yXh
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl2KFuYKmq
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cw7eNUdqk
"I will!" Came a squeaky610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hBktNrxtB
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1eEzOzHak
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYQZUKFMBp
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJDdpDcIvk
was an adult.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWWgNWukSZ
A knock came from a door610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIwcB47KCX
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBASM5cucIi
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3SMxK7u8T
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8Ed9fGOn0
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBcq6Wvet1
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv75VARWZa
being a bad boy.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7hv34KHMc
That's why he didn't 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvrcdoPuzR
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ODkHLvYVH
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEVLL8H0zi
"D..david" the answer 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjtqBRthxO
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Voyf7jjv2
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c5SjzCsSy
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvyLYVIvxM
The man put his hands on610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYF9VSXR69
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zJfjt6RS1
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Zz11HUMa
David meekly shook his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcmmFKmEIa
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC37hkhFgL7
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3GoWCNe1Q
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuscpEKfMfD
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZJaZnyU6G
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoXiccSNvF
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw2m0WDFRl
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBsRs3A5p6
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ulR7NI2q2
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7LQedZ01u
Davids body.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxR6Kr0zSX
Please don't. Came adult David's voice610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2M86fwtUP
Young David was scared; 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUugqpQNYA
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqEQZppubN
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaZi9itwl2
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ45m7DuQJA
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKI6C6PakB
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUiobddcES
"Mummy, mummy!" David 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspdECkd8vo
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOXJDEDNLc
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVfeOpqh1A
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlCNjLubXF
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88Gp8hXUuV
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oK7QaGDfi
David didn't even know 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF4kCBlHoj
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZmLOdwfYx
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlBkxcPcNa
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkeBp4qrsC
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMDVqyDakR
David could barely hear 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCLynIrUWu
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xL8uAgt9o
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s54NvdGox
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EZDTzVGaM
anger. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Tq4weZu0O
"There are more 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTifIlcMIzD
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxCXPU4CYh
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60rC0kTVeT
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFOAhyAams
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUegTK77q6x
"What else is there to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOLhLpjTcE
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3tkdb4xhx
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gzKU1PG4o
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyli3KCMfQz
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaieGLZZPtq
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LFJX5j3Wz
floor. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BXo1uGnxM
Even the pain didn't 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jo4QsTRLb
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFcbkmV4AK
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11CgRUTN6p
everything would be gone.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkWYlNoKSA
~Just like that, give up610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbc2v1eBRE
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha9znqPwGd
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4MXsnJrtp
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOAwoHWWZY
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZiWa4jIZ1
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyxN9gjNHv
than this."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMKYPs2CuV
~STOP! ~ David dropped 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tHLhPhCPc
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx28CYW2HDJ
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF6AqVL6hq
survive. Survive and live.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbzfSPa9vV
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzSHROUTL7
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1Hep9eHFn
"Indeed." Jester 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlaaNeicKC
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEqo9xH5Rp
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6Hxmcbydo
like his own did.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb1FIZYHA9
"Why did you try 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulWOkG9mbk
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7F7sy2HcP
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvjFx34Haf
process the influx of memories.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1K9vpwdiB
"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,"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHK1dYbNsI
"You expect me to believe that?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfueUYhgpt
"Believe what you want."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy4ng5tkyL
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5lLWyM0OD
Jester chuckled. "All of610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAsiSa6XLh
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfUyD3nmR2
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMPusgZtm3
"That just 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP84rPo6Yw
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8HAgW6Qqx
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp5ga1u5E6
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4wk1c2XYW
David nodded. "Do it."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qiodDnEoS
Everything shifted. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQaHFSfSpr
David was cleaning his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiekRiBrjSx
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQhQyOmVq4
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9e75jM5zV
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJAgyw0EqO
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedPoxGzOBM
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOjBVveCF8
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvs4i08nzI
His last one was just 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDpOMfYSIa
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavLvS7IIFO
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKwWhEJmpz
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1uJHxkDnk
Undamaged goods she loved to say.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpacH19Si4w
Right on cue, David 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCDUHhACI9
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZgJZ0NbZj
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nT5eMCGNl
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIQYeTCVsp
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgtdPxkOqF
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsMe2XsGd0
Why was this his life? 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO6150G9JQ
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXpfqq1NY1
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXRzyjbP8T
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VAMDKzyN0
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSaMu9eaEF
vein trying to get his eyes. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCaSr3sF3m
~Enough David.~ A voice 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lEZfotVfL
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvJnsZZhVF
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cqWna0Pj7
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyvPcLx4Lb
and met resistance.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vc0VAiNBV
The scratching and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpNiYrq01y
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuy3yARceKC
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEEcCjFmuW
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFQBOaav1q
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXzgF8NcGs
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObsw7M7Eb1
Oh god what did he do? 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbn2nHaLAV
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VFEkuHvRH
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrEKswZlvV
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XPDkycvZd
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7MMfj8ij1
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ058JjZ9BNJ
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVyWypXSXO
blood.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcmpu8Dxpb
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfJnOMSJ21
There was a pause and everything quieted down.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqMA1pK3Pc
A boy named David just 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJJx85wQJt
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEjwsWuj29
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ833JbS56eu
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo92Ja7XYE
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHh7wChceh
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jsjcFMCWr
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcfawHZWXN
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHxza03rD6
silly of him.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmh6x7Ju4k
Remembering his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdcSLNrkgE
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL9m8oFAwQ
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWQcMk9I3D
table preparing a meal. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcklKLzIoeW
"There you are David!" 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrXafZyEnv
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwzVO1LmfX
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5doz75HSR
This isn't the truth.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgwe00zDzi
David obligingly sat 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoHgnuURR6
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSUyLSzAZs
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0VgXue9QB
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQj2Hp4Epa
A dream, nothing else.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wqdY3hoXN
They all thanked the 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq05yB8ZQkG
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIT0xf2dj40
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5jtfz6AAP
this lie.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fHjiWC3rV
A lie that has to end.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ldp3CiMWj
David was standing at 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKVwYsUrrs
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrT7tUMwRK
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhOiSCM0ky
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg41PVCRHuw
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDS9opyMpPE
Either way David hated 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xOgU0ZoGG
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlb6G8b0qQ
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06M6EEvDCZ
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdnOWSmyMk
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiX6i8VgWH
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtMFmBc4XF
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7yP2TXQd6
life this happy blissful life?610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjzub2DH6n
The answer was so simple610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehv0IMcqHy
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKtTmybVqW
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ198BTZfg3I
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRIj3HxOyT
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuvxg0BGke
David decided to start 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVtdVHght4
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEmFKD3M1u
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoytyBb7W8
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtc3budIB0
mother. "No more mercy."610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHrNk3kNnu
With the last stab 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhzFKfVKUD
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LHjskEvpS
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E6RPAStkn
emptiness.
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