[It is definitely a change to see the masked man in less-ceremonial robes. It's different for Zhongli, even if they haven't met more than once on the battlefield. And speaking of which... He adjusts his cloak collar as he fidgets, looking quite ashamed of himself.]

Ah, yes... I must ask for your forgiveness on that. I was not quite myself that day. I do not usually act so untoward to people like that. I did not mean to turn my spear to you, nor to entrap you in an unfair contract. It appears that even I was not free from the dragons' influence.

[He even let his horns and claws show, how uncivilized.]