"Genesis read from it constantly. Every. Day." There's something about the way he emphasizes it that says just how much he was annoyed with the story. It was practically drilled into his head.

"But ..." His eyes snap away from Cloud. "I have not thought about it for a long time. My memories of that time are foggy ... faded. Details lost. But I remember the words."

He's surprised he recalls as much as does. Which leads to another point especially if Cloud is going to keep asking questions.

"What I remember in general is not whole. I gave up much of it in the lifestream. Visual details mostly." When he was keeping himself from fading away and created the geostigma. "This will sound odd, but even now I could not tell you exactly what I look like."