To tell him the story of mine and Conrad's lives , it meant I had to relive it. Feel it all , it made everything come back to the surface whenever I had to think back to the past. Kal sat forward, his face full of concentration. Closing my eyes , I let my memories drift back to me. And I let my mouth just speak what I was remembering. " From my earliest memories , I only remember my mother slightly. By the age of just a few years old, she was gone. I remember her as this weak , broken thing. She always looked dirty and scruffy , and even as a small child I could recognize the far-away look in her eyes she always had. I can never recall her smiling or being happy. I don't recall her ever laughing. We lived in this region when I was just a small boy. But we moved. As a boy I didn't know w