On a recent miniplot on Kaerwyn, Richard and a few other characters were sucked off to a tropical biological laboratory, to save several species of giant dragonflies from extinction.  They didn't speak the local language and had to piece together everything, making it very much a puzzle plot.

During their time there, Rich hit it off with Kaga, the young former empress of her people who had been forcibly retired to Kaerwyn by bad luck.  They've been dating since they returned, but this is where it really started to be a thing, on a rowboat on that beach after a short excursion out.