Knowing better would mean to have a deep understanding of each other and true platonic love, without the carnal distraction.
The exchange of bodily fluids does not deepen your understanding of a person! u_u
I refute this stance, brand submit floof-wife as evidence. Literally wouldn't havent delved into Floof culture if I didnt delve into floof-snatch.
Same with Orc culture, either had to fuck or be fucked, into submission to really get a taste for Orc politics, and the motivating factors of taking up real estate vs nomadic raiding.
And. Same with elf culture. My interest in Ryn started with her telling me about her woes, but kicked into overdrive once her plight was dangling about on a chain.
I feel, in universe, that due to how potentially short one's life can be due to violent and sudden ends, physical intimacy comes nearly easy with everyone (especially considering the stubby twink-kitty god and their followers), and emotional/intellectual intimacy tends to follow afterwards.
Like, taking the time that most do in our world, just isnt feasible when most of the short-lived races (at least, compared to Elves) struggle to make it past 50.
Or I could be reading too much into a porn game while I wait to be able to redeem Kas by puttin' a cockring on it.