Emma has a long letter from her parents not long after the papers arrive. Why is she friends with someone who would go into the Dark Forest by herself, did she know Miranda could do that, why didn't she tell them more?

Since she sent them a perfectly descriptive owl before the article ever happened, she decides that the owl is really just to make themselves feel better and treats the questions as rhetorical. (Except for the part about Jenny. That gets a short, snippy response.)

She shows up to lunch with the Prophet in hand. "How did a reporter get quotes from you guys?" she asks confusedly.