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Some of my colleagues 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMk4YfiEtY
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1bXus7saO
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEu5zkPzBD
suggestion or hypnosis.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbfWhrU7CA
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0yB5wlIhQ
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUHMbMU21M
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD4NQQVsXM
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRGdoBQ2h9
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIjLlbwi3a
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS3VZT2QZI
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdGEYQdxXB
capabilities.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXfuewGfGh
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xcMaaEcVW
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David awakened. Not 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zSuD6ZKpf
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUL7VQMzFR
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFlUm0egW9
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTQ8qn1fE0
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv5QZRAlmZ
undamaged.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQIajEQN1u
"Only your physical body576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnk4xWb0OY
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXww12vKh34
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZo5FIc2I0
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdzywA7K9T
A shadowy form appeared.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG3kBfFggq
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvht1N92qYf
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuIvbcNp3G
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF6kec7BLL
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIG3mjWfvU
"Am I in the...ether 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aUibQeLN2
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyyQl6s63h
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrfWOvKA9r
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznjM9b4MO7
David was tired, too 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYORf80Xpof
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7rUcpmDvt
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj91eT9nVyb
The shadowy hood cocked 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9MTUlTR5Q
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgx57cZk3H
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWUW3U85h3
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZ27BerCbS
more grateful."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmaJuXxX4p
"I..."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzSWhTidS4
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNKFybyRIy
David groaned in 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAkFORsMFn
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX9RBy1hSY
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8GcENXhli
falling point, that'd be fly."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTipZ2Ybb3C
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqPE1NICwe
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyFJ6BLIxo
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0itUo30XFW
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCghAPgbkaB
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz0CHY3RYg
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3GWzI4D7A
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbpLA3dCJq
David shouted and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJPgikBKl1
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnZA9m5qlp
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh7Nt9WhD5
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrTsqUiyLG
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlchhFfD2Hg
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkVcuyOJPV
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86e3rBmyyW
mist.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ2MmOQ1Lj
Jester's voice came from576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu48uSMKJ6
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpu8T3OWSU
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80J7vxQ9V4
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3LI7VLc8j
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCGHSPMZ2R
creating a circle around Jester and David.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefG1nVVJkd
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWryvxPCTkO
"Shut up!" David 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAglN3DAEO8
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pvSCELDJq
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQlKgcge7w
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTA5SXI0VT
Jester gave another 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBuzdxusHA
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCnbJIv9l4
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrwGMTePbq
afraid of the truth?" 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy2g1n1qMn
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyNE2V7oXl
"You're what? A 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBuwDgvT25
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCZ5l5fL0j
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykYpKczZBi
you've done not matter." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQVCb7ctmC
The shadows completely 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb6iLmxotn
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpebZwJWRv
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv50yPCgUL
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiUkym2o8t
eye and shadows swallowed him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGAE6mooO7
Shadows parting, David 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhhO5MXbYj
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMZkiM2TcH
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDYJ7tsJE3
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9schIyTiH
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lIxcBw0Yg
mother576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmoHJ6oUGn
"This is my memory." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKYO0O9VLl
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4O1OZGnsj
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGLHV89Ow7
David didn't reply to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDDRxt8wcr
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyr55JsUoS
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxgHJocXzX
Unaware of what was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wRxkc1AKe
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaYqqCKAi6
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlMVonvdye
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM75CnCtOsy
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIPiRDTEXf
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2e3CrCk2g
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwfzr4EFdk
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPouh0ke9ao
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefV945IdQq
Finally the screams of 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlClfillSCm
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcben1c8PPf
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNqsQXNtgp
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRvqF3BWps
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKAXkZQPjy
the baby's throat and squeezed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrlVGKIkAx
David could feel his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRdJ2EEwWv
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCkK5J87o5
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOd4e1ZHhU
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQ1ROQEpFG
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycJpq4WGEZ
stopped.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYsxddKBc6
"Oh, nonononono." The 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSRTJcB47j
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkTmOAy5jZ
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6We9C5k61
"You who were supposed 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoz7bJpjJTs
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrALyC5pX5
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpEMsQ7HOG
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwstZCmSDUq
Coughing David stood up 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCtf10Tnqa
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAYc6kocdO
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlPSG8OtKp
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlNHhVhiEZ
"No, it was a small 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP5Umb4fTh
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskpd7KdOTE
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWKfWM9XU2
He was staring at the 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP4NNWqzAX
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI3aUhKHb7
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedtt1sX7En
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjruT1SpQP
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61PH9m3NZ2
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ5tTbp1wS
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxFz2k4Mdr
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3MlShC2ym
"I will!" Came a squeaky576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6800pdXJHz
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjJV2uFaM0
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SW7VtVEjE
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgzajS36iP
was an adult.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpM1ewi5kj
A knock came from a door576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhee42yc1r
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SXm4RTIz5
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEgvvef0hY
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmjfc7vO5t
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIC5C4wdbs
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBI0IZhLIQ
being a bad boy.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQkB1huuJs
That's why he didn't 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgAHeHVxYt
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjgnNICRbW
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6lxcVVie1
"D..david" the answer 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1RDy47eK6
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfu5PPMX6Kl
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM4beyFhKD
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdByeb5nbZf
The man put his hands on576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI5Uwa4txI
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yLJrUPNza
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEDg6DgQAv
David meekly shook his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67nB5ViRmP
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2bjVaEuW1
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqbSenc1Oz
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcYgRtaaZy
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gLMsOMux6
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaFfTnM952
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU48NA0Va7
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCm0TGWhah
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGpcAcqo7e
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoooeU2Rmn
Davids body.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lY99TRkjG
Please don't. Came adult David's voice576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9CzpymmJG
Young David was scared; 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFwOoOjI5U
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLuztsRWwE
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL8Nqe6QYT
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNZggFu4yJ
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Wcbc7HnQ6
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1d4tUiWuw
"Mummy, mummy!" David 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgAzK8ephc
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfjnexh1uV
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjodOmTo3x
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbea1WZVxNT
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXck48LRHa
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyvWmXLs59
David didn't even know 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx2CGSgnNX
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkySnxTwDO
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS0WyfNJqI
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWNtTRlGcd
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwzwmk4eoG
David could barely hear 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7tTHHvene
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwBtz7I7ph
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDnY5898ht
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUnNDxesI3
anger. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqlAy1z9sQ
"There are more 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0LdSHvAji
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzDYZ4hliW
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAwYobJIyV
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuKOVXzCut
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQJvEVpWRU
"What else is there to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsygyajbxo
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAPYOAjAUr
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0wpM5FTdW
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuOOeogwO1
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTgGd023Rx
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiWp0G41UC
floor. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg6328tXPp
Even the pain didn't 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWqmcQaP0F
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztWiKYStRZ
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvxn0Egjlj
everything would be gone.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHVBqpyrZf
~Just like that, give up576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoWgx9f3x1
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJTMfMquum
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjf9TX9wCJ
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKJAWo1PIt
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrooJUyMIr
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzN9EynHL9
than this."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5WDgtV89n
~STOP! ~ David dropped 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNtNU8LxEw
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2NJBKrUVi
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oaqmMB6Jw
survive. Survive and live.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUpUMccpDu
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfmhsz5aRO
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhw4Y3teGiE
"Indeed." Jester 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrF32jZSboe
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIaSm5NWIM
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaf0ZcSAJx
like his own did.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz00BCwLPta
"Why did you try 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTBPVGZDz5
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc1bo5cakt
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB9B7hkuff
process the influx of memories.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rIRwRgkp8
"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,"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexadaRlXjY
"You expect me to believe that?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgGsc1dVmd
"Believe what you want."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur2sRcnDpx
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39tWIDgunJ
Jester chuckled. "All of576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyp439Nu9y
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZtfTrtGj8
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9BlOcedTN
"That just 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs0mLunq5u
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHx0sChWVr
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRsaXVQp9x
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxfNi843eZ
David nodded. "Do it."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YNVcwoZv9
Everything shifted. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnStcSKk8T
David was cleaning his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBxieyVBJd
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhZIsTou88
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTb9WATeoh
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YR0PMTEf5
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2aJiWo2uB
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT3Mwee4Xx
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJazut7ZTG
His last one was just 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajiOxWBB3f
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv9rgMp1Gv
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO14rHBE9TK
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wSdKiaNv6
Undamaged goods she loved to say.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAKAaYGKNW
Right on cue, David 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHy13sMjTg
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc67h4vpARi
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLNlB01Xue
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OoVBaXU7Q
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gbcuzg6V8
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj6v4ArvXn
Why was this his life? 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdadaP5srgu
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXlUMro622
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbMxe1hUqO
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxzuZ3O72O
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw1azkupqy
vein trying to get his eyes. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkONXuimvr
~Enough David.~ A voice 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel8j2vrRbw
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM5klee1Xg
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4ucvCuHu1
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPQpVPqGHH
and met resistance.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX9q4gEE6P
The scratching and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4Ud6noSaA
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyX00PLwd4
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeJm8Sa3Mh
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIZ1h3c8HA
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG7AYSc4pw
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UO1WAVzdL
Oh god what did he do? 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz6NLPWV1y
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WjvmnqRD8
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE3Qux6YpG
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAkL9a9SzH
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgnIvrHR04
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwfylikmHR
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxPRoG1RKB
blood.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlFGLY0gSj
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrixmecQWwF
There was a pause and everything quieted down.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbb9CaEDPQH
A boy named David just 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMZB7t6NRF
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4fqXgK3YJ
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf69nX3cR1d
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4ELekQ7hW
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiax4sxFxL
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrhCtCBbPa
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVJJFLnpYb
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwraTXTxyVi
silly of him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNc878xCW9
Remembering his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzHWofBruQ
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk9rElla5V
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOfReew355
table preparing a meal. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71gOCT2kJf
"There you are David!" 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Wwd3BoIMU
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96DUuQ90Ax
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69jPgDNA9O
This isn't the truth.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X2WCfgjgC
David obligingly sat 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYEjnVE15b
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkSVuaY7oo
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZXHN2fd6Z
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMedNG4yHAj
A dream, nothing else.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsxRCBOm0u
They all thanked the 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzuTWjuDEG
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUtZ4mcMw3
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvzzHkzGlI
this lie.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtBJT5ae7l
A lie that has to end.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA5CehVpkc
David was standing at 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPXm19NsUJ
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTITQRNgQV
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOweM1r1Wql
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6Y53uhmCt
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxb906Jc4S
Either way David hated 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ViZyHBCeO
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdRS0v7ygO
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG2EmHcR2G
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirvq3ZnQbp
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci73ZSG5Kl
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQuQCkCYx4
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx9fcKrC4U
life this happy blissful life?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0LC2NAk9K
The answer was so simple576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPRa5nULCu
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1jiPZ4XVN
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORJB4MyBBL
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h83KAULpP
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPwVJjXOWG
David decided to start 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx7mcKsdnE
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvkmJZmN08
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wfF53UsyR
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs65Zd7gdny
mother. "No more mercy."576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3mCV3OM8s
With the last stab 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3dTSHeGjj
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j4poFna9A
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMYsuQlcoG
emptiness.
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