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Robert Steen, I love you!
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I love you more.
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Hi. Should we carry you inside? Yeah.
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You always get fussy
when we're in the bathroom, don't you?
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How do I zoom in, Robert?
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With a saddle and everything!
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- Let's see.
- Camera run.
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To the left or over?
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- Perhaps a bit further back?
- Sure.
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This is your domain.
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{\an8}- We must go now.
- But can he take the stairs?
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{\an8}He'll be fine.
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{\an8}First day of school.
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{\an8}Hold on tight.
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{\an8}It's painful to watch your child
growing weaker.
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He was born
with a perfectly functional body.
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Then, slowly but surely,
he is robbed of everything.
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{\an8}And now... Mats! Come on up.
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{\an8}Come on up, Mats.
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{\an8}Raise your arms!
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{\an8}Every time we had to get
another assistive device...
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I thought, damn it,
he just lost yet another ability.
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That was rough.
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It was terrible.
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{\an8}All dreams go up in smoke.
All thoughts turn dark.
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{\an8}Then you must create new dreams.
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{\an8}We simply had to try to make
every day with Mats a good day.
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{\an8}- Lovely swim?
- Yes.
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{\an8}Hello, Mats!
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{\an8}Hi!
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{\an8}- Are you having fun?
- Yes!
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{\an8}Happy birthday to you
Let us congratulate you
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{\an8}Hello, Mats!
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{\an8}- Happy birthday!
- Wow, I'm dizzy.
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{\an8}- You'll never guess what it is.
- I know what it is.
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{\an8}Thank you!
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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We did worry about Mats spending
too much time in front of his computer.
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I often tried to encourage him
to go out more.
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Do things.
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There's the dog.
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Mia with the ball...
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I'll take it.
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Let's see if he can find the ball.
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Mom and Dad often
took us on trips with other families.
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At first, that went very well.
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But with time, it grew more difficult.
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- Hi!
- What's up?
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- We're going to a concert.
- Are you excited?
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Yes, very.
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He lost touch with his friends.
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I can't remember him
having any high school friends at all.
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It's difficult to live your life
and find joy
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in the countless opportunities when...
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when the opportunities of a loved one
grow ever more limited.
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It's midnight. Sleep well, my boy.
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Just a second.
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One last test...
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- Let's see, it's exciting.
- No, no, no.
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I'll just shut it down.
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I can move backwards
while doing that, see?
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- Bang, bang, then I dodge.
- Yes.
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- Then shoot, like this.
- I see.
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The creativity of the makers
of this game... Amazing!
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- They create digital worlds.
- Right.
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Our very last recording of Mats
is from his uncle's wedding.
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He just fell asleep and passed away.
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And then it was over.
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One can never fully prepare
for losing a child.
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Mats and I kept struggling.
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I often felt that it was all my fault...
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that he was born this way.
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Our bond was incredibly strong.
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He meant the world to me.
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It felt like time stood still
for the next few days.
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We just sat on the sofa
while people came and went, crying.
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It was so surreal.
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Walking past his window,
seeing his things...
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Seeing his chair, empty...
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It felt terrible.
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It felt like we were sitting
on top of each other for a whole day.
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We couldn't sleep,
and everything was a blur.
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The second we gathered our thoughts,
we realized that...
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We must tell people online
that he will never log on again.
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But how on earth do we do that?
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Then Robert remembered
that he had the password for Mats' blog.
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Maybe we could try that? We didn't expect
it to have much of a reach, but why not?
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We sat down,
and together we wrote that post.
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We sent it "out in space".
We had no idea if anyone would see it.
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Then one mail after another
started pouring in.
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We were dumbfounded.
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"Who are these people?
Are they crazy, or what?"
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Many of them wrote quite a lot.
It was unreal.
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- Mats himself!
- Yes, sure.
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- It's banana and ice-cream.
- It's Mia's smoothie.
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That was not nice!
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I didn't think it would come alive.
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- What are you up to?
- I'm falling.
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Still?
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- I fell to the ground.
- I see.
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I'll probably screw it up with Benjamin
and then you and Tess have to fix it.
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- My dear boy.
- Dear Mom.
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Could you press that?
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A young man in his early twenties
reached out to the central office in Oslo.
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MADS' MODIFIED KEYBOARD
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{\an8}DEEPLY MISSED
NEVER FORGOTTEN
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{\an8}We were planning Mats' headstone.
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{\an8}What it should read.
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{\an8}We decided to give him
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{\an8}a nice, youthful headstone.
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It would read "Mats."
"Mats Steen."
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OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER
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THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD MEMORIES
YOU WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS
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MOM, DAD AND MIA
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{\an8}DEEPLY MISSED
NEVER FORGOTTEN