The Supreme Commander of NERV merely raised a brow. "Which one is it?"
"The Second Child, sir," Fuyutsuki replied.
"And who is the father?"
"The Third Child."
"I see," Gendo commented as he shifted to lean back in his chair, "How did Major Katsuragi let this occur?"
"She didn't."
"Pardon?"
Fuyutsuki shrugged. "Apparently the Second Child forced your.., er, the Third Child to attend a party of some sort. It was actually run quite well, with everything on the up and up."
"Then what happened?"
"It seems that one of the attendees decided to 'spice things up' and spiked the punch. As both Children were drinking it, and continued to do so, they got drunk, and upon getting to be alone together, had a fight which resulted in the two of them... bedding each other, oddly enough."
"What about that one incident?"
"Morning sickness apparently."
"Go on," Gendo instructed as if he was not on his way to being a grandfather.
"Well, there was a scheduled check up and the pregnancy was discovered. All parties were quickly alerted, and responded as soon as they heard. Including the Third Child, who has taken a rather odd position."
"And that is..?"
"It seems that he'd made up his mind as soon as he'd heard, but when someone compared him to... you, he set it in stone," Fuyutsuki told him, "He has apparently decided that this will be a two parent child, and that he will support the Second Child no matter what. To which she responded with an array of verbal abuse, which he took and stood fast."
Nodding, Gendo liked that part at least. That meant that he'd have something to work with. "What became of that?"
"Oddly enough, it appears to have endeared him to her, as he has 'finally grown a spine' in her words, and he doesn't seem to be pandering to her or just being nice in her opinion."
There was a strong urge in the elder Ikari to rub his temple. "Which will only leave us with two pilots, even just to face the Angels, never mind the project."
"As far as we can tell..,:
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