[ Claude is quite perceptive, and he's in luck that Zhongli has less reason to be cagey about his identity than usual. ]

You are quite observant. I have no desire to deceive you about myself, thus... [ Deer boi can have a little lore. ] I am one of the Adepti of Liyue. I have lived for a very long time.

[ Long enough to have lived through many historical events. Long enough to have participated in them. ]

Humans forget lost history easily, but the Adepti do not.