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[You'd think Dave would have learned his lesson about anonymity, but maybe learning doesn't stick so well at ass in the morning when he can't sleep. At least it doesn't seem like he's really trying to mask his identity, here. It's just...a plausible deniability thing, maybe. Probably, given the content of his message.]

what was growing up like for you
like
how was your childhood
were you happy

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Anonymous Text

[dreamsofahero]

Are you seeking positive answers to encourage you, or negative ones to make your own circumstances feel better?

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wow what
im seeking honest answers so i know what to think of my experiences at all

[dreamsofahero]

You asked whether people were happy. If hearing about those who were would make yours seem worse, or if hearing about those who were not would make you feel poorly for having been better, then if someone were on one extreme or another it would be reasonable to hesitate to answer, wouldn't it?

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lets not bring my feelings into it
consider it a scientific survey
particularly since people here are from so many different worlds
i want as full a range of answers as i can get and i dont want people pussyfooting around whatever delicate sensibilities they think i might have

[dreamsofahero]

If you wish.

My father was a king, who kidnapped and raped my mother, then discarded her when she became pregnant. For being a lowly commoner with the audacity to give birth to a bastard child of the king, my mother was constantly harassed and tormented, and for being that bastard, I was as well. It was too much for my mother to take, and she died when I was still quite young because of it. As for me, more often than not the children of nobles and my royal half-brothers' lackeys would find any excuse to threaten or beat me. I was unable even to defend myself, as giving them any reason to believe I could stand against them even a little would be a sure way to go from being an object of mockery to a potential threat to be immediately eliminated.

Of course, as I got older attempts on my life began being made anyway, and at least one person I'd been foolish enough to befriend was murdered solely for their association with me.

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whoa ok
holy shit

sorry about your friend
and your mom

[dreamsofahero]

Does that answer your questions?

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yeah
uh
thanks i guess




when
when the other kids beat on you and you couldnt fight back


did you want to

[dreamsofahero]

Of course.

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what
did you tell yourself
so you wouldnt
so things wouldnt get worse

[dreamsofahero]

That if I died it would make all my mother's sacrifice in vain.

That I wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

That if I could bide my time a little longer, then someday, I could put a stop to their atrocities.

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did you
in the end
did you stop them

[dreamsofahero]

My father, my brothers, and their lackeys are all dead now.

*Dave can take that as he will; Sion won't deny he had a hand in a good number of those deaths...*

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was it worth it

[dreamsofahero]

Who knows. It had to be done.

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i guess

did you have anyone else looking out for you
besides the friend

[dreamsofahero]

No.

*not until he was old enough to start plotting rebellions, but at that point it hardly counts as his childhood anymore...*

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sorry