[ others can still be his friend, and zhongli won't hold that against them. but they will be going separate ways and he won't find himself very upset over it. ]

Someone as old as I am has to get his entertainment somewhere. [ this is clearly a joke. but he holds out his hand for the charm, gladly, interested, even as they continue on. ] Observed and spent time together, mostly. Exploration didn't yield anything the way it does on this side, though there was a variety of things we could see and do - a movie theater appeared as one of our locations that was very interesting. We don't have such things in Teyvat. Kameras have only recently developed enough to do moving films.

[ thinks... ]

Ah, the Wednesday event before our return was something called virtual reality. We had to complete quests to help reconnect our sides - it was fun, actually. I was able to take my dragon form for it.