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Do you want to give evidence?

Yes.

You may proceed.

Thank you.

Mia.

As we're discussing today how a tumor may

have changed your husband's personality,

I'd like you to begin by describing what

he was like when you first met him,

He was absolutely fantastic.

Frederik was a man people talked about.

He wanted to head a school,

like his father.

And then he got the job at Saxthorp.

At the age of 35, he was headhunted

to head Saxtorph Private School.

Yes.

Young for a principal.

How did that affect your private life?

How do you mean?

It sounds stressful.

Did it make him short-tempered, prone to

mood swings? Different?

Most people would react like that.

Under pressure.

So he was?

Yes.

Prone to mood swings and short-tempered

even before the tumor affected him.

Look, Frederik sacrificed everything for

that school. Our entire family has.

Bernard was in a coma for days.

And so was Laerke.

Everyone thought they

were going to die.

It's Mom. Look who I brought.

Linus Carlsen. I thought you'd like that.

We lose our consciousness

if the cerebral activity drops.

When you're unconscious, the brain

gets stuck in the same pathways.

For a patient to

come out of a coma,

the brain must be spurred to explore

other feasible neural pathways.

There, there. Don't be afraid.

Our conscious mind creates

the image of a fixed self.

If our brain is injured, we don't become

a wrong version of ourselves.

Our brain just produces another self.

First it was Gitte, now it's Done.

I can, I can...

I don't understand it.

I can't explain it.

Is it serious?

No.

Well, how serious is it?

More serious than us?

Is it?

No.

What am I going to tell Niklas?

Huh?

To Niklas?

Do I tell him his father comes home

reeking of Dorte from the board?

Do I tell him that?

Mia, stop it.

We aren't...

We aren't going to involve

Niklas in this.

Is that what you want?

Don't.

Stop it!

Okay, is that what you want?

No, stop it!

Is that what you want?

Huh?

Okay.

Niklas. Come down here.

Let's have a talk with him.

Pack your things.

Mia.

I want you out before Niklas

wakes up in the morning.

Mia.

Did you notice any changes in your

husband that you ascribe to the tumor?

Yes.

Three years ago.

He started to come home from work at

normal hours.

That was very unusual for Frederik.

But cutting down on a demanding work

life sounds pretty sensible.

It shouldn't take a brain tumor, or?

No. But he didn't stay

late at the school every night.

He started having dinner at home.

We renovated the entire house together.

The bathroom and...

It turned out great.

We did all the stuff that other

couples do together.

Yes.

To me it sounds like you're describing an

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