Gladio was walking the perimeter of the Citadel when he is approached by a flustered young man, out of breath and panting out an explanation to him. Cor gives him a look with narrowed eyes, having known Ignis from a very young age and suspicious of what Gladio-It could only have been him, after all, to put him in such a mood.

Gladio frowns, and goes to excuse himself from his duties. It does take him a bit to get away, 20 minutes or so, but approaching their shared apartment has him padding faster toward it. Even in his normal human form, something isn't qhite right.