"Mistress Madoka!" Gladio greets her in kind and even crouches a bit so when Madoka runs up to give him a hug, he's right there to hug her in return. And picks her up to boot. "It's great to see you!" A week away from people was too long, but he was glad to see she was well. In fact she didn't look like there was a single mark on her.

"I might later. I'm just checking out everyone for now, I'll he heading back to Noct soon." He'd promised to go fishing.