A quiet sound, almost like a growl, follows Noctis to his feet before Gladio protests, "what the heck? I didn't say you were some fragile thing on a pedestal. Don't go putting words in my mouth!" A phrase he learned not that long ago from his father and one he rather likes using; he sounds like an adult with it.

He points at Noctis, firm. "I am myself. What if this is who I am? Are you saying you don't like who I am?" A little bit defensive, perhaps, but he doesn't think entirely that it's fully him when he's acting like this. It's... a part of him, though. Just like there's a part of him when he's around Iris and part of him when he's a wolf.