She sneers at Tav & team, tells them not every problem can be solved with swords, then ...
You dont even need to go to "then" ...
Alfira herself tells you story about her master playing the lute and singing, so they didnt hear Gnolls that were attacking them until it was too late ... that alone is awesome story for case when "stupid swords" would be thousand times more usefull than "important music" ...
Im so sad Larian dont allow us to smash it over her face.

And on the topic of time... I think Larian wrote themselves into a corner with the camp nighttime events and they don't want to admit it.

Aswell as players are unwilling to admit that beyond aestetic it would add nothing.
There is plently of seemingly timeless RPGs ... none of them suffered for it.
People here just have to stop living in the past, this isnt Baldur's Gate, nor Baldur's Gate II. i understand you would like it, but it isnt and it was never ment do be.