[At least having a pair of soulful and concerned eyes on him is motivation.]

Righto, then! Don't worry, M'am. We'll get to the bottom of this. They might have just gone for a little jaunt out into the wilds and left their scrolls behind...

And then some careful cove or fastidious filly found said scrolls and sent them back to Canterlot not knowing their owners had, erm... dropped them!