Oh. Maybe they published it a while ago, when the ages were right?

[ He's assuming it says they're younger than they really are, because that's the explanation that would make the most sense, right? ]

That doesn't explain everything else about them, though. Like where the photographs came from. I don't remember ever having my picture taken, and I don't think Eurydice has either. [ Literally ever. Cameras and film are expensive and unwieldy! You don't get a lot of photographers out in the middle of nowhere. ]