You Disappear Page #5

But we don't.

We lost the spark after Niklas was born.

But we didn't.

We're just too busy and too

tired at night.

I asked you if your sex drive was

stronger than usual?

I don't know what "usual" is.

Our sex life stopped ages ago.

That's not true.

I've done my best.

That's just it. Your perfectionism

suffocates everything.

Why didn't you stick to

your f*** buddies, then?

Maybe I should have.

After he was discharged,

he tried to rape me.

That's not true.

Yes. It is.

I kissed him and then...

a few seconds later...

He was ramming away at me.

I didn't recognize him.

He was like a horny wild dog.

That feeling of...

Frederik, any thoughts on what

Mia just said?

Well...

We are husband and wife.

We'll make it through this, won't we?

I think I know what we both

need rig ht now.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Come on.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

No, don't... don't wake up Niklas.

Mom?

Go back to your room!

What's going on?

What are you doing to Mom?

It's okay, Niklas.

Stop!

Stop it

I'm sorry.

Don't apologize.

You were just protecting me.

Right?

Go to your room.

Mia?

Mia. Come here.

Mia.

Come here.

What happens to the brain's equilibrium

when a tumor shifts it?

Our brain's basic driving force ensures

homeostasis.

That is, it keeps our organism stable.

It's too strong to be overruled.

If the driving force that regulates

our breathing.

Gets coupled with the constant washing of

hands, as seen in OCD patients,

it's easy to see how wrong

couplings in the brain

can push you in the wrong direction.

So if the defendant's

impulse control

is destabilized, could it make

him invest in the same manner

as an OCD patient who washes

his hands constantly?

The brain is a network,

in which billions of

nerve cells communicate.

If pans of this network stop working,

and it doesn't take much

to destabilize it,

it's not odd that a tumor can make

people act against the norm.

So a tumor can make people act

against the norm?

Yes.

Then you became principal

of Saxtorph Private School.

Mmm.

You may recognize these photos.

As a new principal, you didn't have

direct access to school accounts.

How did you get that?

I bought these 12 Wegner chairs online.

That I...

I bought most of the stuff online.

But I was highest bidder for those for

two days. It was great.

But Frederik

I just waited, and an hour

before the auction ended,

a new bid was placed.

I'd really like to move on now.

I'd never have forgiven myself...

To those accounts.

Mia speaking.

It's Bernard Bergmann

Hi.

I called to say that an appraiser will be

stopping by on Thursday.

The school is entitled to all

of Frederik's belongings,

and half of your shared belongings.

I know...

It's dreadful.

Yes.

I'll be there...

But you have to be there as well.

I don't know if Frederik will

ever be himself again.

The doctors say he'll get better now,

but no one knows how well he will be.

He's a different person.

I'm actually afraid of him.

Mia.

I know you can handle the

appraiser's visit.

How do you know that?

Because it's much easier than caring for

your ill husband.

And you do that admirably...

Thank you.

I'm having a glass of wine.

Laarke's asleep.

Are you having wine as well?

Mmm.

How about a toast then?

Good idea.

Cheers.

Cheers.

You're being put to the test.

But you aren't even considering

leaving him.

I think that's fantastic.

Yes.

That's the first thing I noticed

about you.

Your fidelity.

I think the way you support your wife,

and never leave her side is fantastic.

When you've chosen to be with each other,

it can't be any other way.

I fee! The same way.

We're alike when it comes to fidelity.

Not many people could muster

the same kind of fidelity.

That's howl feel.

What are you laughing at?

What is it?

What? I don't know.

Free will.

Can a tumor override your free will?

Yes well...

That's a good question.

Do we have a free will?

I don't know.

Who determines the choices we make?

Who are you?

No, but...

At the end of the day

we and our brains

are made up of millions of nerve cells

that communicate.

In other words, we are pure chemistry.

So we're just following the

laws of nature?

Everything is predetermined.

Cause and effect, causality. Is that it?

It's a matter of interpretation.

I think it's very deterministic to

think that you are who you are.

That's nonsense.

You're not the same man you

were ten years ago.

I know.

Physically, all the cells in your body

have been replaced several times.

Your mindset has changed, too.

You've learnt a lot.

Your brain has changed.

In the time we've been talking here,

the brain has formed new synapses.

In the time we've been here, new brain

connections have been formed.

That is how fast we and

our brains change?

We are pure chemistry. We change.

So are we controlled by our chemistry

or our free will?

It's all us.

There is no conflict.

Let me rephrase the question.

So if the defendant is pure chemistry,

is he accountable for his actions,

if they spring from his chemistry

and not his free will?

You could say...

That the will lies in the chemistry.

If the chemistry is affected,

so is the thing we call the will.

Do you feel that your partner has become

more or less dominating?

She decides everything.

Like what?

Whether I can drive.

I can't.

Whether I can go online. I can't.

She won't let me go shopping,

or have any money.

I can't even call anyone.

I'm going insane.

Why does she restrict you like that?

Ask her. I've asked her many times.

She always gives me

the same answer...

"You don't understand. You're ill."

But you don't feel ill?

Well...

Do I seem ill to you?

How would you like

to be called ill all the time?

How does it affect you to hear...

It infuriates me!

Of course it infuriates me.

It infuriates me when people...

I'm a school principal. She goes on

and on about how ill I am.

Wonderful furniture.

Do you intend to keep it?

Yes.

As much as possible.

Yes.

Have you had this chair appraised?

The designer isn't very well-known.

It's Pierre Paulin.

It's his Oyster chair.

All the receipts are in my name.

We have to find a basis for distribution.

If you shared Frederik's larger salary,

and spent it on Danish designer furniture,

the school is entitled to half of

your salary in that period.

But I collected this furniture

myself over many years.

But my client is still entitled to half,

if Frederik's salary paid for it.

But you can't!

Yes, we can.

Let's go over this later, okay?

Okay?

Sure.

Oh well...

Did you do this yourselves?

Yes.

We did it together, Frederik and I.

The price just dropped

a couple of hundred thousand kroner there.

It's only two years ago. It's all new.

Yes, but bathrooms should be done by

professionals.

You want it to be flush.

Could you keep some of it,

like that,

and tear down the rest?

Yes, maybe...

Go ahead.

I just need to stay here for a bit.

You're going to stay for a bit?

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