So technically, technically, TeCHNiCALly… Ellie never said that the morse code earring message in her room was from her mom. She thinks it’s obvious that it’s from her because it was clearly (“clearly”) directed to Ellie, and.. well.. who else would send her a message from the Etherworld?

 

Tayver probably just wrote it off as yet another random bit of information that was thrown at him that day. Not to mention that.. At the time, he didn’t even think he was going to see Ellie again, so her story wouldn’t have registered as being significant to his mission. Just the usual witch-magic crap.