He recognizes both Cor and Cid immediately, though he's not sure who's kitchen they're in. Gladio's mouth opens in confusion as Cor mentions apologizing. To him.
Cor hadn't shared much with them about why he wasn't in Insomnia during the fall, not like Cor was much of a sharer to begin with, but Gladio always presumed he'd been ordered out of the city. And it seems he was right ... yet his mentor, the infamous Immortal, apparently felt guilty. Felt like he'd abandoned his post in its greatest hour of need.
For a brief moment, he's frozen - wanting to call out and tell Cor that he has literally nothing to apologize for, but unable to form words. Hell, Gladio should be apologizing to him for making Cor take him to the Tempering Grounds and then making Cor bandage his wounds and take care of someone on the worse side of half-dead.
So he stays silent, still trying to figure out what to say and how to say it.
1. How could I not jump on this
Cor hadn't shared much with them about why he wasn't in Insomnia during the fall, not like Cor was much of a sharer to begin with, but Gladio always presumed he'd been ordered out of the city. And it seems he was right ... yet his mentor, the infamous Immortal, apparently felt guilty. Felt like he'd abandoned his post in its greatest hour of need.
For a brief moment, he's frozen - wanting to call out and tell Cor that he has literally nothing to apologize for, but unable to form words. Hell, Gladio should be apologizing to him for making Cor take him to the Tempering Grounds and then making Cor bandage his wounds and take care of someone on the worse side of half-dead.
So he stays silent, still trying to figure out what to say and how to say it.