wait, jake's aroace? how'd i miss that one

Note that he says this during an extreme moment of self-doubt when Tavros of all people is trying to cheer him up, so it’s possible he’s going too far with his consideration of his self, specially since he seems to want to run away from even friendship to not have to deal with the awkwardness- However he does seem comforted by the idea of finding his identity somewhere not shaped by romantic or sexual motivations, and empowered by just doing his own thing.