Full glad am I thou didst not arrive here without friends; I have no doubt Thancred will think likewise.
A full discussion, mayhaps, but in brief: there seems to be some disparity in when we summoned, which sits ill with our recollections of each other's presence at home. My own memory extends beyond Thancred's, and Tala's yet beyond that. If we seem odd to thee, 'tis likely the culprit.