*oh, he remembers her... or at least, someone who certainly looked and sounded exactly like her and who mistook him for a woman the first time they spoke, though as it's obvious she has no memory of this place, well, he may as well treat her as just another newcomer*

We've yet to learn anything about how we've been brought here, let alone why. And that would be because there was, in fact, quite a large storm just recently.