John wasn't sure if he regretted saying those words or not but it was done and he couldn't take them back. He just straightened up and steeled himself for whatever was going to come next.
Fifteen was the first to speak, well less speak and more explode. "What the devil do you mean you and the hunter have a child?" he demanded in a loud shout that filled the room, halfway out his seat, hands banging against the table. "You mean to tell us all that you procreated with her?"
"John, when you say that she is currently pregnant with another child." Thirty-five said slowly. "Do you mean that the second child is yours as well?"
"Yes." John said, focusing on the man, it seemed like he was his only real other partner in this, or at least was the most open to the possibility of permissions for him and Mary to be together. "We are going to have two children together, one is already a child."
"And how old is this child?" Thirty-five asked carefully.
"He will be four years old soon." John answered, feeling his chest tighten at the thought of Dean and Mary.
"Four years old." Twenty-three muttered under his breath. "Over four years of this madness."
Thirty-five took his glasses off, rubbing at his nose. "Well...having a child and another on the way does work in your favor," he said carefully. "And Mary Campbell comes from a hunting family, has she started to train the child as a hunter?"
He felt his something in his stomach churn at the words, he was already on edge but something about what was asked, put him off more. "I don't know." he said carefully. "When Mary and I are together we don't talk about hunting or anything supernatural. We just focus on ourselves and the child."
"How quaint." one of them, he couldn't tell which one, snorted.
Thirty-five had a strange look on his face as he thought, fingers tapping against the side of his glasses. "Then...the second child," he murmured.
Before John could say anything else, protest them even thinking about the second child or about Dean, Thirty-five nodded and waved his hand.
"John please go to the other room, we need to discuss everything that has been said." Thirty-five dismissed him. "Feel free to use the bathroom but don't dawdle, you will be needed soon again."
John wanted to say something, anything, else but it was useless. He was being dismissed and as a result, they wouldn't listen to him again. He just nodded stiffly and stood, not bothering to say goodbye or keep his manners as he turned and left the room, allowing the door to slam shut behind him.
"What exactly are you thinking Thirty-five?" Fifteen demanded.
"I'm thinking that we have a very rare opportunity in our hands." Thirty-five said slowly. "Despite any lingering dissatisfaction with the hunting community, the Campbell family are a direct and pure line of hunters, even other hunting families cannot claim the infamy that the Campbells claim. Quite similar to the Winchester bloodline."
"There is a disconnect between our two sides, something that has never benefited anyone." Thirty-five continued. "Lack of communication, lack of information between us and them, it's gotten to such a degree that we are sending our initiates to hunt with others, as chosen by Samuel Campbell, Mary's father."
"The biggest concern was children, the continuation of the line." he went on. "But apparently...that is already taken care of. There will be two children as a result of their bloodlines."
"Two children mean that the two sides are already taken care of." Twenty-three said, slowly realizing what Thirty-five was saying. "A child for the hunters, and a child for us."
"But which one?" Thirty-five asked them. "Which child will be integrated into which organization?"
"The preference would be the first born son to become a Man of Letters." Twenty-three said. "I don't believe the hunters have any sort of beliefs in lineage as we do, so long as the child lives it will be a hunter."
"And that would depend on whether or not that first child is a boy." Thirty-five mused. "But regardless, if those two wish to have this relationship, then the children will have to be involved as well. Especially the first born boy."
Fifteen didn't look pleased but nodded. "Then, the provisions stand. The two communities will be brought together and we will each have a child. What if the hunters start to demand entrance into the bunker?"
"Depending on the hunter, we may need to allow them entry." Thirty-five said. "At the very least, the Campbells are going to be allowed by proxy."
"Would be nice to have both of the children." Twenty-three murmured. "We don't have that many siblings in the Letters, it would be interesting to see how the two would compare."
"As interesting as that would be, we have to at least pretend to be fair and leave the Campbells one heir." Thirty-five said. "Unless of course they have more children, in that case...we can argue for the third child to also join the Letters."
"For now, let us focus on the two that are. Or rather, the one that is and the one that will be." Twenty-three said. "We need to know more details about the children."
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