I'm not sure about an actual romance with NPCs, but it would be nice for them to act like you, well, *exist*. I mean, Thancred in ARR flirts with all the females, but treats the WOL the same no matter if male or female - they're just THERE (and apparently not pretty enough to flirt with *sniff*). It's kinda the same when Yugiri is introduced - she goes out of her way to keep her face/horns hidden because she's the first Au'ra in the main 3 city states and wants to avoid people's reactions, but the WOL could be Au'ra, male Mi'qote, Hrothgar, or Viera - some of which never existed in certain times in the game - and there's just *nothing* from NPCs.