The only hitch after the joyous reunion was when 'Luke' pulled Jade aside as they were leaving.

"Don't tell them," he said gruffly. Jade regarded him seriously.

"Keep acting this way, and I won't have to," he finally said.

Ashe scowled, but muttered, "Thanks."

Jade smiled blandly.

"Much better. You'd better go catch up to them. Take care."

It may have been suspicious, but after that, Jade made it a point to never be in a place where he'd have the chance or choice to meet him. If he were human, he'd have said it was too painful, but really, it was just too much of a bother to keep up the façade in the face of the transgressor-instigator himself, when even the periphery of it just from speaking with the others made him weary.