[if he asked, of course, Zhongli would likely decline. He already had to once, and even if Aether would likely retain none of the information, Zhongli already explained - a contract is a contract, and what's sealed is sealed.]

It would be remiss of me to decline simply because of the strange timelines. I'm quite naturally curious, as you know.

[It's going to take some effort, he's sure, reconciling the differences between this Aether and the one he knows - but that's ultimately worthwhile anyway. It's not as if he knows so much for sure that he could incidentally say something that's detrimental to his traveler, even if this one truly was the Abyss Prince and just hiding his identity for some reason.]