"He told me to call him Noct, if that means anything." Unconsciously, John tilts his head to the side and lets that rest against the Sentinel's shoulder. He'd be mildly annoyed with himself for that if he were paying more attention, but his thoughts are on Gladio's words now.

"Sorry I've been... difficult." It's probably the best word he can use here. Gladio's been accommodating to the Guide's anxieties and guarded nature. His inexperience, his overstepping on some things. "Harry always said I was a control freak." Ella, as well, in so many words. "Unnatural for a Guide. I really do want to help all of you and show him I'm not a threat, though. Not to you lot, anyway. Can't say much for anyone else." John adds a note of humor to the end of that to try to lighten things up.