"Well, if you had been expecting us, that would have been stranger!" They explain that although they're from the Realm, they're both from very minor houses, and both already had a few children that are in the Realm. And given that this was a private venture to a distant place in the Threshold, they were probably given up for lost.<br/><br/>Even with sorcerous communications, most of their friends were mortals, and none were important in the military. If they were closer to a Realm satrap or settlement, then their friends could have brought help. Muno does offer to try and see if he can recover your memories with some medical charms. It won't help if sorcery was used to outright steal them, but it can help in several other cases.<br/><br/>And they also add that, well, life happens. Not all of the children are theirs, either as a pair or alone, nor are even a great deal of them their children. Properly using the training structure required some abstinence, although even if they did abstain properly, neither one has enough strength of Essence to get the full benefit from the building.