As Nell explained and showed him, Gladio was quiet, thoughtful, and paying far more attention to her than the house or the rooms. Listening carefully, as the explanation filled in a few of those gaps in the expected ways, although a few maybe a little less so. Either way, when she finished talking and just left her eyes down and away from him like that, he just turned toward her in a way to gentle place a hand on each of her shoulders. Started to say something, seemed to have changed his mind as all the came out was a sort of helpless sigh, and then he just pulled Nell into a hug.

"It's a nice night," he pointed out. "Little chilly; I've had worse. Think a little night under the stars is an option?"

Which he felt was...a bit avoidant, of some of the underlying issues, but, at the same time, there was a lot there, and he'd rather be able to get a good look at them all under the light of a new day than try to dismantle them all right here and now. There was no rush. There shouldn't be a rush, it would have to be a work in progress, and he'd....figure something out, but it would need time...