User blog comment:Superherofanatic1999/Across the Void connection to the Choices-Verse/@comment-3452092-20190326163355/@comment-3452092-20190326173132

The assumption, as I stated, is that they are not lying about the relationship. We have to take their word for it that they are the MC's parents. They probably are, but given the amount of time since the MC has seen them, it's not possible for the MC to know that. They must simply believe what they were told is true. There are plenty of reasons someone might fake such a relationship, some goodish, some decidely bad. I am inclined to believe they are telling the truth, but I am not unaware of the possibility that they are lying. It would, potentialy, be a good twist in the story if they were.