[Fauna may be the first person in this place that he's actually spoken to before, and at the very least she lacks the haunted vaguely covered up sadness of his previous "dates" so that much is a relief.]

It's tradition.

[Or, so he thinks. Kurama doesn't really know anything about Aldrip's traditions to speak with any authority.]

At least, it is for Valentine's Day, which- this whole celebration seems reminiscent of. As with many holidays here, there seems to be a considerable overlap between what occurs here and what one might be used to from home.