Wait, there are two of you? *sighs, half-laughing* Kids, what did I say about not needing to be petted after my rant? You guys.
Truthfully, I feel better when people are sweet to me as themselves. Maybe I’m weird for this, but ‘strangers’ comforting me — it seems strange because they probably don’t know /me/. I don’t know; it seems less to me than someone I know knows me.