They're sitting in the Keltham Seduction Room, which is still mildly pretty at night.  It'd be prettier if it wasn't cloudy out, and the ocean was lit by moonlight.  As it stands, they're lit by Ione's Dancing Lights, which are good for evening quality, but still bright enough to reflect off the window and prevent the dim beach from really being seen, from here.

It's still more romantic than anywhere else in the fortress, anyways.

"It'd probably be easier to notice in a less romantically crowded environment," Keltham replies.  "Civilization definitely has gendertropes for people who aren't great at coming up with seductive lines, or coming up with things to say when the silence stretches.  Mostly, the gendertrope is that you declare yourself to be bad at filling silences and then it's the other person's responsibility to come up with things to say."

They're sitting in the Keltham Seduction Room, which is still mildly pretty at night.  It'd be prettier if it wasn't cloudy out, and the ocean was lit by moonlight.  As it stands, they're lit by Ione's Dancing Lights, which are good for evening quality, but still bright enough to reflect off the window and prevent the dim beach from really being seen, from here.

It's still more romantic than anywhere else in the fortress, anyways.

"It'd be easier to notice in a less romantically crowded environment."

"Civilization does have any gendertropes for people who aren't great at coming up with seductive lines, or coming up with things to say when the silence stretches.  Mostly, the gendertrope is that you declare yourself to be bad at filling silences, and then it's the other person's responsibility to come up with things to say."