Sweeney Todd #20 Dinner
Title: Dinnertime Conversation
Fandom: Sweeney Todd
Characters: Johanna Barker, Judge Turpin
Prompt: #20 Dinner
Word Count: 100
Rating: K
Summary: A conversation between Turpin and his ward over their dinner.
Disclaimer: All I own is a computer.
"Who was my real father?"
"A fool."
"Yes, you've said - but who was he?"
"Why? Am I not worthy enough to be called your father, Johanna?"
"Of course you are - "
"Then there's no need to converse further."
" - I only want to know why he abandoned me . . ."
Silence.
"It doesn't matter why. Many men possess a faceless evil that the few decent men cannot explain. For now, we must simply understand this evil exists, and pray to never succumb to it as they do - as your father did. . . . Finish your dinner."
"Yes, Father."
Fandom: Sweeney Todd
Characters: Johanna Barker, Judge Turpin
Prompt: #20 Dinner
Word Count: 100
Rating: K
Summary: A conversation between Turpin and his ward over their dinner.
Disclaimer: All I own is a computer.
"Who was my real father?"
"A fool."
"Yes, you've said - but who was he?"
"Why? Am I not worthy enough to be called your father, Johanna?"
"Of course you are - "
"Then there's no need to converse further."
" - I only want to know why he abandoned me . . ."
Silence.
"It doesn't matter why. Many men possess a faceless evil that the few decent men cannot explain. For now, we must simply understand this evil exists, and pray to never succumb to it as they do - as your father did. . . . Finish your dinner."
"Yes, Father."