Oh, he definitely remembered the context. He doesn't remember any specifics of conversation, or how the familiarity got so personal. But frankly, this does explain a lot about what he does remember.

"I can imagine." He will not add that he probably has a better idea than most, given Azem and... all of that. "...I was very different back then." They all were, in a time before any real threat really existed. It wasn't quite as perfect as Emet-Selch had made it out to be, but it was certainly less fraught with danger than this one.