[Ai just had to shake her head at that, the tone in her voice utterly confident as she spoke while she still looked at Sharpe.]

That is not true. People can also simply swim for enjoyment or for the feeling of being in the water. I love doing it myself, especially outdoors, and when the body of water is large and deep enough to give me that much more freedom.

[For herself, Sharpe's viewpoint, in turn, was a completely alien concept to her given how much time she had devoted to simple swimming for fun, and that even discounted all the swimming practice at school, whether she did it herself or taught others to do the same.]