Swimming Upstream2003

Tony Fingleton:
[struggling to connect with his dad prior to leaving Australia for Harvard College in the United States] Do you remember the first time you took me to the pool, Dad? Put me in the water?

[Harold shakes his head]

Tony Fingleton:
I do. At the old Spring Hill Baths. I remember being terrified of drowning. You had me there and then you just... you just... let me go.

Harold Fingleton:
Oh. I remember that.

Tony Fingleton:
Yeah. But I didn't go under. I floated. And then, uh... and then I swam away from you, and... I swam away across to the other side maybe, but...

Tony Fingleton:
[suddenly embarrassed at how directly this childhood story connects to his current actions] I should go. I've got things to do.