I don’t believe they’d mess with Player’s memories just to not contact them until the conversation with Lauriam. I have full confidence that Skuld would have dragged Ephemer to meet with the player again after they recovered. From player perspective they really just left them to join the dandelions and for months had no contact with them until they get called out for the meeting. Or even then not making time to visit and probably passing messages through Chirithy. Imagine the amount of nightmares Player have. Like seeing player almost dead must have shocked their system. It’s why Ephemer agrees to alternate the rest of the survivors memories but I’d think they’d be a bit more protective if they weren’t so busy with union leader duties.