[He grinned and gave a shrug of a single shoulder. She was nice to say that, but she did it only because she didn't know him. Gladio was always hard on himself and always would be. He'd beat himself up over his own weakness and stupidity. And maybe he had pushed Noct, but in the start, he'd pushed in all the wrong ways. He genuinely wished he could go back and straighten himself out and do things right.

But he couldn't do that.]

It sorted itself out. Mostly.

I'm told he's even keepin up on his training here without me needing to drag him outta bed.