"Acceptable?" asked Gladio, who was just about to thank her for handing him some chicken, but now he was going to have to reconsider, with such disparaging remarks flung his way. He looked at Nell with brows lifted, with an expression all but demanding that she explain herself, but instead of waiting, he just shook the chicken leg at her and shook his head.

"Sure you didn't mean ex-ceptional."

It was fine; the words were very close, clearly she just misspoke.

"'Cause that's definitely more what I was thinking," he added, throwing in a wink before taking a big, meat-tearing sort of bite out of that chicken.