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Some of my colleagues 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMuOGtMLIG
believe that humans cannot repress memories. That memories which are 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Wf9malPk
remembered with the help of someone are just implanted through 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbsEZ27lLx
suggestion or hypnosis.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBHo8Apuz5
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Utter none sense I say! In a world where660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCyAqoAVhl
ether exists, some find it hardest to believe that we humans can 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzdCqtbbSC
repress our memories. Those scientists and professors are too arrogant 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhrMZJZJLJ
to admit that we know nothing of the brain and what it can do. They want660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EwwZnEIv4
me to prove without certainty of a doubt that humans can repress 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfGkYHF13f
memories. Well to that I say, I want them to prove that it cannot. For I660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvzbD5CsQs
am not arrogant enough to state I know everything about our brains 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHdLwt5dxD
capabilities.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1M0Vuryqg
'Notes from a lecture by Sig Frind on memories at the Royal Commonwealth College."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdscIj6a2FN
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David awakened. Not 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSo26TaiLk
wanting to get up out of fear of the wounds and disfigurations he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUu1bFc3Nk
suffered. He closed his eyes. Ignoring reality, ignoring the inevitable,660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQVjUaiD0c
ignoring the pain....wait. David risked moving his hands in front of 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrbuDXI0k0
his face and all the fingers were there. Not only that his hands were 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4lS1CwMJq
undamaged.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO35BcpSTxI
"Only your physical body660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYt0MgWQD5
was damaged, your ether form is safe." A voice broke David's 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZEc5ohJvn
concentration. "The only reason your eye is gone is because the blast of660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivyO1yfgQK
steam that burned your eye was full of ether."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LxvVIRrxz
A shadowy form appeared.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoEC3JmHz4
Jester. Instead of his form constantly shifting and his voice taking 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84evf6oDUD
different intonations, Jester was only wearing a cloak over his body 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmEm2x49dE
hiding any features. And his voice sounded...almost human.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqPelt1FzL
"Long time no see, David. Well for you, I've been watching you for a while." Jester laughed as if he said something funny.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6UDhmv5oB
"Am I in the...ether 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlLVYVskEw
world again?" David asked looking around, seeing rocks flying around, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbWbdkHuMQ
storms raging in the skies and shadows flickering in and out of life.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNRrsCx7hZ
Jester clapped." Indeed! You are learning, maybe you won't be completely useless." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z3rJecwfa
David was tired, too 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEPBCRSvNY
tired for Jester. Even so he still stood up. "Jester can we...can we 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CPy8JvFPZ
just all this?" David waved his hands in the space between the two.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU106w2jDaH
The shadowy hood cocked 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0kcLvap7b
to a side. "Oh, that's just boring." David began a reply but Jester 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHekqeOMlu
interrupted him. "Very well, if it'll save me from your nagging. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7m7sjZGXQ0
Knowing what's waiting for you in the real world, you'd think you'd be 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DJraUJRP3
more grateful."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQny7Ea8iz
"I..."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn2mBMLysj
"I went through all the trouble of getting you here. Hiding my presence from my brother and other mages. Honestly some people."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMlGVrwyRg
David groaned in 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasrypvP3cV
annoyance. "I've just been tortured for the better part of my day. Even 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsA7b0GhyPf
if my body isn't feeling it, my mind is. So if you can get to your 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY45Gz7Ca2
falling point, that'd be fly."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2qt60xrZ3
Jester muttered something David couldn't hear. "Very well. What do you remember of your childhood?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOssOWGEydw
David was startled by the question "What does that have to do with anything?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal1QPGweb4
"Well it's the main point of my visit, and you did say you wanted to stop playing games. What about your mother.?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZY9E9qMuq
A headache, feeling of resentment. "She's dead, or alive. I don't flying care."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM4nfI2eAY
"Have you ever wondered why you don't remember your childhood?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GIOCazG5S
"How do you even..." Then David had a realization. "It was you? Were you the one who took my memory?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVJOducaCt
Jester giggled and put his hands up. "Guilty."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB7tidF1Fi
David shouted and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0yTZVjY9N
tackled the cloaked figure. His mind couldn't take it. After all that 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrG7pU919H
torture and Jester's games, after all the pain and loneliness, after all660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDo8YrP3L8
the deaths, David just wanted to blame someone. "Give back my life!" He660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyuEuWNoy3
punched inside Jesters hood, meeting only air. "Give back my freedom!" 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueSSx9mlOM
Another punch. "Give back my happiness!" Tears joined the third punch, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHH7tO8xpU
which was David's last as Jester started cackling and dissolved into 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNn5kf0DjT
mist.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygaXQ2zqiT
Jester's voice came from660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEg4ms4Ds5
behind. "Do you truly think, your misfortune sterns from me?" David 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SgurmVY8B
could see surround shadows gathering around him. "What of everyone 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBkNw1qf8m
you've betrayed? People who would've called you their friend or lover. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30uy3I8EYz
Killed or abandoned for coin or survival. The shadows seemed to be 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaeAPEo5Jg
creating a circle around Jester and David.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1iUAMGGZd
"You're lying to yourself. You..." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkm84rWmt7
"Shut up!" David 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn8zXXnfsn
struggled to get up. "Shut your falling mouth. You don't know me, I 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNvt4X54Ao
don't care if you're one of the five, or a demon, or a falling figment 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4M4Mjoi1w
of my imagination only I know what or who I am!"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHn7hHWSYb
Jester gave another 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxInyUfexbD
laugh, a laugh that chilled David to the bone. Don't I? What makes you 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQtL0prScq
so sure? Or are you just trying to convince yourself because you're 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zKpRvem2T
afraid of the truth?" 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPpj57LIXU
"I'm not afraid,I'm..." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qHtnM4Olh
"You're what? A 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh1vvpYYzs
despicable human being? True. A murderer, liar and cheat? Also correct. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNA2U0q3FSx
But allow me to show you something, something that will make everything 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeomV7lzN4A
you've done not matter." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKvyIOBu3f
The shadows completely 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEu6FCnkTrB
surrounded the two of them now. "Allow me to show you the why you're 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPxtBqMPBA
afraid. Allow me to show you why you forgot your childhood. Allow me 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg63BmTIDq3
show you why this world needs to die." Jester put his hand over David's 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPCB20qwe2
eye and shadows swallowed him.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoROwHeQw8B
Shadows parting, David 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ui7H6TxnG
found himself in a room. Bottles and rubbish littering the floor. A 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S5GtwBemt
woman in the middle of the floor, flailing and screaming from pain. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPtDoQk0Sm
David could see her so clearly as if he wasn't in the fade anymore. No 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBgwfJFBlb
more shadowy figures or echoes. Just an improvished room and David's 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCi4pUyhIA
mother660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUPSR3ZaiE
"This is my memory." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIGxYuZzSR
Jester said as he appeared besides David. "You claimed I don't know 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVryCliKpn
you, yet I might just be the person who knows you the most.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2GHUM6Jq4
David didn't reply to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbzPg06QSZ
that. He just looked at the woman as various feelings rose within him. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDNYP6Wgua
Love, longing, loneliness, but most of all hate.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P3x4UQDCr
Unaware of what was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBPYJeREsr
inside David's mind, Jester continued. "From the time that you were 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltGE0yu4Hl
conceived, when your father raped your mother neither the first nor last660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiFVY6gqbD
time. Your poor mother, she loved your father with all her heart, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohXjE2qECU
despite his many, many faults. It is rather amusing how such a man can 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3WGnoWn69
find true love and yet you cannot." David didn't rise to the bait. "She 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZW77n1MjXn
tried getting rid of you, taking herbs and the like, it didn't work. She660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaevpt1sSxX
was even tempted to stab herself in the stomach but she was too scared 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMQjJmEUac
she would die. A running theme with you Oxthornes, fear of death."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUdqqAMh9Z
Finally the screams of 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKjaHpl9Dw
pain were replaced by the screams of a baby. Whispers from the babies 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7wu3Kx7EY
mother reached David as if she was speaking to him. "Quiet, just stay 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTshEZhur9
quiet. You ruined my life, he stopped loving me because of you. You. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBBpDX98ID
You. You." The baby started crying louder, screeching the woman grabbed 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dOCWS1See
the baby's throat and squeezed.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPz0TbvDgY
David could feel his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyFUwPBxZG
throat contract, the air trapped in his lungs, extending them beyond 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPLNLzcEAW
their capacity. The shock made him go to his knee. "This is when you 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdKXIvSFqi
died." David could hear Jesters voice in the back of his head. Just as 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfGPsS9zfV
the room began spinning his breath and vision returned and the crying 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvM4HjW9LF
stopped.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B9NbjHJNF
"Oh, nonononono." The 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTLiUBMa1P
woman wailed. She put the baby gently on the floor and started pushing 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5W1aVoYeR
on its chest. Gently at first, and then with more distress. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfUsKmSpzs
"You who were supposed 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukN0XBeRhp
to die, defied death." Thus the baby started crying again, weakly at 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWlYeKkTeK
first but then gained more vigor. "Yet by dying you became closer to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSVPvG9k7l
the etherworld, susceptible to its inhabitants." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzKfG9YDJS
Coughing David stood up 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm4yBlTRGx
and looked at the mother and son figure...No he looked at him and his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0UUiCigti
mother. David didn't want to believe this image, yet deep down he knew 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n1q7DDRbX
it was the truth. "Did...were you the one who brought me back?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieubLeC74a
"No, it was a small 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S1gNKStMc
miracle, for all of us." David was unsure if he should believe Jester 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNR1TaVrTvA
but before he could question it anymore his vision changed again.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoXqGmPhMk
He was staring at the 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzlHLrqtBA
wom...his mummy. His mummy who loved him and took care of him, David was660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe9VZ0nm2F
only good at one thing, getting in the way of his mummy's work. He 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nwqyaRv0H
learned to be quiet after the first few times she slapped him, he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsW3H41i8G
deserved it because mummy did her best to provide for him and David was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrozllYP4pH
just a useless existence, just like his mummy said.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25LAy6Tv8v
But today David got to be usefull. He had the opportunity to make his mummy proud and happy.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNBaZqYrQ7
"There you go, David." She said brushing his hair with her hand. "You will make mummy proud, won't you?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCRbDgAA5o
"I will!" Came a squeaky660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEdKqGQOyH
voice. "I will make you proud..est!" David said as he put a book down.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67KvaPei6L
David was unsure what the name or what the words inside said but it had660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jWEZmBrwq
pictures of flying ships and heroes, something he wanted to be when he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYzbpsdWIj
was an adult.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTpjlVIOA0
A knock came from a door660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSF0zjy5Fh
and David's mummy went to answer it. She spoke to someone in hushed 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyXCweGX3h
tones and then left the room without giving David a glance back. In her 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMkWn9wJEj
stead a stranger came. David had never seen the man before and he was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OKBAQ49Bv
scared of strangers. Whenever a stranger came in with his mummy he was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBPazVJUEE
supposed to be quiet otherwise he wouldn't get food and get slapped for 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MKzU14IVL
being a bad boy.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsteweeHH0
That's why he didn't 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HqUOsARhj
speak, didn't move, didn't look at the stranger. "Speak up boy, what's 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdblZvDFiw
your name?" The man said in a haughty voice.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMDnC4Xu5h
"D..david" the answer 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ807xA90Aq0
came in a whisper. The stranger grunted and came closer to David, moving660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7CmwJNExT
empty bottles with his boots. "I said speak up."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEIH7GYVcw
"David!" Came out the reply, which sounded too loud in David's ears.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqddFcZFi3n
The man put his hands on660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnbbyDQGWF
Davids shoulders and smiled. "David? I'm David aswell, David Hozzelpoff660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlo9wTxHLD
to be exact. Do you recognize my name?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mW5zQwNYe
David meekly shook his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED4La17VPi
head and was shoved to the floor. David hit the floor hard, losing his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHB90kGZ3V
breath. "I am the greatest mind of this century!" He crouched down 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscLHDYbckt
putting his face next to Davids. "Soon everyone will know my name, no 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6wtvfigiK
matter what my colleagues say or what rumors they spread." He said but 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNiCarmrGu
the anger was slowly leaving his voice. "You must understand, I'm not 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAczbzuArcQ
usually like this, but...but sometime you just reach that point. I'm a 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcm2nW1MRi
good man I have a bright future and sometimes you just need obstacles, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bW48gKcBx
you are just that an obstacle that I must conquer." The man was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9d6NXmv1B
bubbling. Caressing Davids face with his hand, the other one moving down660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVArtqky3hO
Davids body.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsIDJTFyPL
Please don't. Came adult David's voice660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhmaUN4JpK
Young David was scared; 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e642mKyK5
he was used to beatings but not being touched in that way. He tried 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhUC2zeZdb
wiggling away from the man pinned David down with his greater weight. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNCuPuYM58
"Stop resisting." Derek hissed. "If everyone just didn't resist I 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcQRpmczLM
wouldn't be here I wouldn't need to do anything."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh18IpAa8p
Help me. Save me. Came the child and adult voice intermixed.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbbNLeYrYs
"Mummy, mummy!" David 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSBq4r7F4e
screamed, tears flowing, a feeling of wetness around his legs. Finally 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBBD6ewacH
the man slammed his palm into Davids face. That stopped all resistance, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMAsYVU5KH
after that day David liked to pretend that he lost consciousness, that 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cQeB7VHpE
everything that happened was a nightmare, but deep down he knew better, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MgwPl71FI
he knew that what he saw and felt was what had happened.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULndofH3r5
David didn't even know 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgE59xWa1Ki
when the man finished, his mind was blank and when he came to he could 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHa07fOJG4
see his mummy looking at him. She scoffed. "Clean yourself up, you're a 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanhgAPBPAg
mess. David tried crying but no tears came.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sml8jxGOD
Suddenly the room shifted again and David himself as an adult again. "That was the first time it happened. One of many." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89aFP7J1NW
David could barely hear 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyIjxpG8Ra
jester, as all the memories came flowing back. It overwhelmed him and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpNirRVzK8
the tears he couldn't find as a child freely flew out of him and he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7grCfUXMP
screamed into the void. Out of desperation, out of misery, out of pure 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H6HpAyHx0
anger. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklN8DJCx5X
"There are more 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CtUkEjCsb
memories. Let me know when you're ready." David looked at jester, whose 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi3zcksCGC
form changed again. His hood was down but half of his face was covered 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS3hbz0FP9
in a dark like substance. The other looked...looked like a normal adult 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KRYCTgXyJ
male. David almost recognized it but couldn't quite place it.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9nCEq4zkI
"What else is there to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPYglT7Ge7
remember?" David asked as he got up. Jester just smiled. "Just indulge 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe0mvEFFui
me." Jester waved his hand again and David was standing in front of a 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YGYNNDKLl
mirror. He could see himself, a young teen. With dead eyes and bruises 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gASQBSxYg
all around his body. He looked at the glass shard in his hand. The blood660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ztYxLOywO
that was spilling down his arm and hand was slowly dripping on the 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDrCDSOYzx
floor. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6fab1vyAP
Even the pain didn't 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkaDLjaYwi
offer him solace, it used to be that the pain he inflicted on himself 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBFLcTkBO6
offered an escape, but no more. One flick of the shard though...and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2da6SMXw4
everything would be gone.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfYQY4f2fk
~Just like that, give up660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMMXLxd9Go
end it all. No one will care. ~ That's right, no one cares. Mother is 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAFggbTmNT
probably with some man, or trying to get someone who was willing to buy 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljiW3aUmcl
Davids body. Would she really mind if he died. He moved the shard closer660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEScK8uaff
to his neck, his pulse slowly beating. ~But...what if it gets better? 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsKxtc6fH2
What if death only brings more pain?~ David paused. "Can't be much worse660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa8DeOCEZL
than this."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpoWjKPgxg
~STOP! ~ David dropped 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP49fg3T0pZ
the shard as if burned. ~It will get better. Just survive. Have to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwcEwduFkU
survive.~ David dropped on his knees. That's right all he had to is 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUOlvaarE2
survive. Survive and live.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ6Am91XvB
Everything changed again and David could see his reflection. Scarred, rugged and haunted. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGANClDh6qu
" that voice, it was yours." More of a statement rather than a question. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cXaMlFP5k
"Indeed." Jester 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSzH8IhXZd
replied. David could actually hear his voice properly, without an echo 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzwYGx9Jbh
or any other effects. He never noticed it before but it did sound a lot 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ3IxUJCUm
like his own did.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM6TspwMza
"Why did you try 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn8rHcOjWV
convincing me to kill myself and then stop me? Why not just let me do 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ShnSgemOl
it?" He said the last part in a whisper; his brain still trying to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsopMkxbtKn
process the influx of memories.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDybUUxJRJ
"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,"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8nI1bAJlg
"You expect me to believe that?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt0fY4hhQJ
"Believe what you want."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbM95eQpXOG
"How many times? How many of my thoughts were mine?"660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNkkt4IgLJ
Jester chuckled. "All of660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4H7dkwSkp
them really. To make sure you didn't notice anything was out of the 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rtnLO63i0
ordinary I had to make it look like they were your thoughts."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IVVy31bXe
"That just 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0Yf2StZWj
means..."David held his head and groaned in pain. "I'm so confused, in 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLulqvcBEB
my memories it doesn't like you're trying to be subtle. What changed?660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BWPj6nDH4
"It's related to the last memory, I'll show you if you're ready."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XHXPW6YAW
David nodded. "Do it."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4zOS9wHzU
Everything shifted. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArXmfvOoBm
David was cleaning his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6NPZOkw7P
face, in his middle teens and miserable. He wasn't sure when this 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv9hcZPia3
grounded life started but it's been a long time now. He learned tricks 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEFb7Hxp7Z
on how to make it easier for himself. By pretending the strangers were 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS6NzWVwuD
important he would save himself a lot of abuse, by guessing how they 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPce0SXycUT
wanted him to act and acting that way they, sometimes, took pity. Of 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8dayAw4zi
course not everyone cared; some still had fun abusing a young boy.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3QGD6kpiE
His last one was just 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlA5cQnq1v
that an abuser. David touched his broken-again nose and the eye that was660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbB38UkWpg
barely opening. The bitch would be angry again, his face was supposed 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPsUliri0A
to be without bruises. Her clients liked him more when he looked pure. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0ikwrEXK8
Undamaged goods she loved to say.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCiqQHKCwu
Right on cue, David 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRihZ0hnVK
could hear the bathroom door opening and she came in. Sneering she 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaP5IRh3Ku
slapped David causing him to fall on the floor. "Stupid, idiot boy!" She660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNSOBGfY9q
slurred. What a surprise the bitch was either drunk or drugged. "One 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQMlFzsNSX
thing, don't let them hit your face. And look at you! Useless!" She 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUmdFafS0k
shrieked and kicked David clumsily.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ysCxuG9jy
Why was this his life? 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiShGFtr6Fv
Should he have taken his life, can he still do it? He looked at her and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0UP1oKhPv
she seems to have taken offense at that. She scratched at his face and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXjrurvtik
came down on him. "How dare you look at me with those eyes! They're his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlHmkR7psg
eyes! Someone like you doesn't deserve them!" She continued in a similar660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2wIIL3Y1Z
vein trying to get his eyes. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmMIrvsIJg
~Enough David.~ A voice 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41ac0i1Quh
resounded in his head. David knew that voice, it was his only friend. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTv9hOcazI
~Fight back.~ David faught against the urge and voice, after all it was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlRccfgOda
still his mother. ~FIGHT BACK~ Finally David extended his arm with force660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlHG2lrheu
and met resistance.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk95SIF6pWS
The scratching and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgqhtuDevq
shrieking stopped, he could see his mother on the floor, groaning, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iqXT89Dsx
slowly getting up. Thinking quickly David grabbed a glass bottle and hit660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmpxLaA3rp
the bitch with it. Again and again until all that was left was a glass 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmMS7i0TYG
shard and then he kept stabbing and screaming until his throat and hand 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVow9mgXKM
was raw. Once he couldn't hold the shard he stopped and laughed.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvcE0LhlQq
Oh god what did he do? 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuuhsq7uWm
This was his mummy, the one who always protected him, the one who would 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHwEdWjE8U
never abandon him a and he..he murdered her. But...no, no, no. She hated660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7g2BQQD2P
him did she? Yeah she was a bitch..NO..she was his mother. Was there a 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL9TmnrNX1
difference? David started crying and throwing up. He killed her, he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Upe4RahWT
killed her, he killed her. His head felt as it was going to burst, cries660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzyLbiSV9C
replaced the laughter as he rolled on the floor covering himself in 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMMJBmfDDX
blood.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy85eUgcdV
~that's enough David. Forget, forget everything.~ 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DUZbM9soH
There was a pause and everything quieted down.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ032JaLi9xg
A boy named David just 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjaq7os00N
woke up. Surrounded by empty bottles and rubbish. David shrugged and 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksXirs44yt
winced. He was in pain did he fall? That would explain the blood all 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslbiF36CaX
over him. Yes he fell and hurt himself. But what about the body...wait 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIJHd6Be5b
what body? David looked around and couldn't see anyone else in the room660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAq6LtQcQy
besides him. Why did his head hurt? Why couldn't he remember what he 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseXB1CvEZf
was...oh that's right. He was going to become a hero and fly on a ship. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm4zOorcRY
Yes, that's what he was about to do when he became all confused, how 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKel6YfZwxm
silly of him.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunw72X9kNM
Remembering his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xJ2C12Pgu
objective, David opened the door and left his old life behind. To enter 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrZMbzhBz
his living room and find his dad, mum and brother sitting at a round 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhZVm1RGPg
table preparing a meal. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPrbhHf8CN
"There you are David!" 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpXzfxD1Wx
His dad said. "We've been waiting forever, come on I can't wait to start660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5Oby0VBuv
eating!" He started hitting his utensils on the table. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48djUMdKTs
This isn't the truth.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyyRtS9ouo
David obligingly sat 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXswY8kEeV
down. "Oh stop, honey. You're going to give children bad manners." His 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkO9zM2GP1G
mum chided playfully. As she put the food on the table and ruffled his 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkad6Q090NY
brothers hair. Sitting down next to David and giving him a warm smile.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkW7wFRN8v
A dream, nothing else.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSMW67iJi6
They all thanked the 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAKj5INjc4
gods for what they had and started eating. Yes thankful for this happy, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQX5ZeJ2WOv
oblivious life. Thankful for good and supportive parents. Thankful for 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWQRKwlLvS
this lie.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4IXA6ydGa
A lie that has to end.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCba8Bwz6u
David was standing at 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws1dGWXfAx
the table.. He was sure this wasn't part of any memories, but he was 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqHs49mgTo
sure that the boy was him, a happier more healthy him, and the woman was660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYckISuWJ2
his real mother or atleast someone who looked like her. While the 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTKo4yBT0a
brother and man? Something that might've happened if he was luckier? 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCcFaPAxXM
Either way David hated 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrqTJqfxVX
this. Why, why, why, why didn't he get this happy blissful life. Why 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKL5asHKmcX
didn't he get a father who would teach him to become a proper man, why 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt3L8xmWvk
didn't he get a mother who consoled him when he hurt? Why was he all 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdPTyRQkkW
alone, without a brother or any other sibling. Why does THIS pale 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKQ6MrCNGo
imitation of his deserves this good life, he'll never appreciate. Why 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6tVdJuYec
does anyone. When there's so many suffering why do only few deserve to 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VNHwkGtdd
life this happy blissful life?660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwpfz63NUr
The answer was so simple660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFut6txJ9cu
that David almost laughed. It didn't come in a whisper by someone else,660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQfw3lrPVW
it was his own and he fully knew it. They didn't, they didn't deserve 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuFRr6GRPY
this life, no one did. Thus there was only one solution to end it all, 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTOOwr2tZo
end all misery either present or one that will come in the future. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5Cbn3pZCQ
David decided to start 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcBbPTYLFk
with this lie, he took the knife and plunged it into his young self. "No660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrVADovDgk
more lies." He took it out and stabbed his father. "No more regrets." 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAWBlfXxE5
Next his brother. "No more tears." And finally he stabbed his own 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWa8vKazyw
mother. "No more mercy."660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08lQ8dDybU
With the last stab 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflXqReeAfo
everything fell apart piece by piece and David found himself staring at 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgMnMjpbb9
his own shadowy reflection. The only thing surrounding them was the vast660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpOG6rIhxL
emptiness.
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