[ Oh, they're doing this, huh? Talking about feelings. We're going to experience some slight turbulence in this interaction. ]

Back home, I didn't give myself the time to grieve him, and he went out the way he wanted to go.

[ Gladio took comfort in knowing that much, at least. The Amicitias have a royal duty, even if it comes at the cost of abandoning your family. Gladio, too, would doom himself in a hopeless fight by Noctis' side, so in some ways he has to respect his father's decision. ]

And... Iris is happier than I've seen her in a long time.

[ That doesn't at all answer how he feels about it??? ]