[If he's still a little shaken, he isn't showing it. He's taking in everything Jusis says and looking around with curiosity and keen eyes used to observing the tiniest details about everything.]

Public transportation tends to deteriorate as the size of the country increases. For my part, I am happy to avoid riding in another horse-drawn cart. [Even thinking about it makes his back hurt. Bumpy, dirty, noisy... it offended every single one of his delicate sensibilities, and yet that was the best way to get across his homeland for ages and ages.

It's also something people haven't mentioned using extensively in like a hundred years. Bro what. Zhongli failing the sus test once again.]

I'd prefer more space to less, as long as it's tenable.

[He won't mention it's because he likes to stretch out.

As a dragon.]