Of course Gladio had heard about the store having Ebony again, but he was going to leave that all to Iggy and not get involved in any of it, if he could help it. He was, however, definitely grabbing a case of cucumber soda the second he saw it on the shelves before heading home to see what Nell was up to for the evening.

The fact that he was accosted by attention-demanding kittens pretty much the moment he walked in told him she wasn't curled up on the couch, which he felt meant one other option. After giving the kittens some of thr rough-housing and hand-wrestling he knew they were after, he headed up to the roof and snorted smugly with the confirmation.

"Now, how did I know that this was where I was gonna find you?" he asked, walking over to give her a kiss in greeting.