[With the present nip in the air, he had anticipated dining inside. But of course — Konoha must find interior spaces, designed with bipeds in mind, terribly cumbersome to navigate. It doesn't appear that he'll have to sacrifice his own comfort to accommodate her, though. The tables circle around a heat lamp, shiny with chrome and glowing with electric warmth.]

And it looks like we'll have the patio all to ourselves.

[Returning to the earlier thread of conversation, Nikolai adds:]

The True Sea inspires fear as much as it does awe, but it's nothing compared to the Unsea.

[He raises his eyebrows emphatically, settling easily into the role of swaggering sea captain.]