[Jade was… surprised to see Luke, to say the least. The last he saw of him, well if you could call it him... Needless to say, this Luke wouldn't have been the one he was expecting. Yet, Jade shook off the shock the moment Luke's first words were out of his mouth. There was really no denying it. This was the Luke they'd come to know and tolerate. Or, that was what he'd been made to think.

…Alright, perhaps he thought better of him than that, but he'd never been one to admit it. At least not with any sort of frequency. In fact, the… Could he call it relief? Happiness? Perhaps that was the simplest way to explain it. He kept the happiness he was experiencing close to his chest. Luke being here should not be possible, not at all, but Luke had no need to know that. Instead, he responded to Luke in kind.]

Ahh Luke, is that truly what you think of me? I'm not like you youngsters you know. I don't have the stamina I once did… [Complete and utter lies. Jade was fit as a fiddle relatively speaking, and thirty was by no means old, but Luke of course, knew all of that.] Likewise, it seems I should've expected to see you prancing around. As eager as ever, are we?