[Jade's not one for empty questions unless they're being presented sarcastically in some degree. He observes her carefully. And when she speaks, he replies in an unusually sincere tone, as he looks away over the garden.]

That's an admirable goal. [It's a path he had considered to be far too good to set himself down. It was enough for Jade to just try to keep others like Luke from steering too far off of it.] And an unbelievably difficult one. Some might even say impossible. After all, hurting others is a part of human nature.