My dads are used to me disappearing for unspecified lengths of time and not being able to make contact. They also know I worked for SWORD. So as long as it doesn’t put anyone at the mansion — or any mansion-adjacent people — in danger and they actually make contact to ask, just tell them the truth.

If I’m gone for more than three years in this reality, tell them to assume the worst but to know if I’m at all capable, I’m still trying to come home.