[ Ah, it seems as though he cut right to the heart of the matter. Zhongli falls silent while Sylvain explains. He is, unfortunately, quite familiar with being driven to conflict with a friend, as well as dismay of encountering a friend being far too gone for negotiation to be possible.

So, yeah. He gets it. ]

I think I'd also view arriving in this hotel as a welcome reprieve, in that case.

[ More importantly... ]

I apologize if I pushed the conversation into uncomfortable territory.