[ Gladio thinks that the spy would have taken all of those children if they could have, just as King Regis would have liked to save everyone in the Crown City. Even the remaining Glaives will sacrifice a lot more long before Noctis awakes from his sleep. It's a sad fact of the world, and far from okay, but it won't be like this forever.
He can tell that Prompto feels something for those remaining children, though, and that's perfectly fine. His empathy for others is what makes him a special person, it's a quality that Gladio would never want to change for his brother. Survivor's guilt, on the other hand, is not something he would want Prompto to carry around with him... ]
Listen. Regardless of where you started, you've come this far 'cause of yourself. Lots of people get born the usual way and never amount to anything, but you made something of your miracle.
[ And had anyone else been rescued instead of Prompto, they might have just lived a comfortable life in Lucis until the day of the attack. Gladio doesn't want to get too pragmatic about the whole thing, though. All he knows is that he's glad that it was Prompto he got to know. ]
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[ Gladio thinks that the spy would have taken all of those children if they could have, just as King Regis would have liked to save everyone in the Crown City. Even the remaining Glaives will sacrifice a lot more long before Noctis awakes from his sleep. It's a sad fact of the world, and far from okay, but it won't be like this forever.
He can tell that Prompto feels something for those remaining children, though, and that's perfectly fine. His empathy for others is what makes him a special person, it's a quality that Gladio would never want to change for his brother. Survivor's guilt, on the other hand, is not something he would want Prompto to carry around with him... ]
Listen. Regardless of where you started, you've come this far 'cause of yourself. Lots of people get born the usual way and never amount to anything, but you made something of your miracle.
[ And had anyone else been rescued instead of Prompto, they might have just lived a comfortable life in Lucis until the day of the attack. Gladio doesn't want to get too pragmatic about the whole thing, though. All he knows is that he's glad that it was Prompto he got to know. ]
Walk tall, yeah?