[Ardyn was as calm as he could be in the face of Gladio's tirade, listening patiently until he finished.]

...It is as you say. He has as much right to exist here as I do, and I chose to believe he didn't have the means to do anything so carelessly foolish. So I have spoken very little on our brief history and that, I see now, was a mistake on my part. In that respect, you have no need to apologize.