[ lumine's not about to deny that. the man has a way of branching out to different topics of conversation before answering any questions that she has. she can't really tell if it's zhongli's way of deflecting anything he doesn't want to answer or if that's just how he is as a person. ]

So, you got distracted while trying to wake me up?

[ what a terrible habit. just imagine if he gets distracted in the middle of a fight. he'd be dead, and there's no way she'd be able to save him if only because he's an idiot.

lumine lifts her head from his chest, an eyebrow cocked. ]

And you also took advantage of Aether being gone for a while. How sly.