SALT That’s a clever one. Because it’s true—and false—at the same time. You are his son. But you’re not his . Your mother ran away with a dockworker when you were three. The man you call father raised you anyway. So. Truth or lie?
JUNIOR That’s… that’s a lie?
Salt taps the table.
FINN I can swim.
SALT You were supposed to lie.
JUNIOR The skiff holds two. That’s a fact.
SALT Wrong. Finn’s father drowned him three times before he was ten. To make him hate the water. He never learned. Truth. (to Finn) You’re out. liars table script
Finn snorts. Junior shifts.