Probably not helped by the fact that not only is Gladio very big, Link is very...not big.

Link nods. He can understand people helping each other. After all, Link always likes helping people.

Although, when you get right down to it, the boots aren't really what Link wants to ask about at all.

"How do I get home?" Interesting as this place is...it's not Hyrule. Not to mentioned, Zelda's probably very worried right about now.