"Oh, I don't know if I could bear being named after a foodstuff," Jade said with a chuckle of his own. One of these days he'd have to take the time to look up why someone thought that was a good name for the most powerful Job of all.

"But in all seriousness -- I see no reason to limit my options. One must never grow complacent with their skills and knowledge, after all." He strolled over to join Sephiroth on the way inside the barracks, assuming he was going in. "Besides, I'm not getting any younger. It would be a terrible shame if I keeled over before I could learn everything there is to learn."

He wasn't quite elderly yet -- but compared to most soldiers in Auldrant, he was steadily approaching the older end of the spectrum. Given how large the age differences tended to get, people needed little prompting to call him an old man. Usually behind his back, if they were smart.