Maybe by asking you about it, those folks are taking steps towards defusing their fear.

Or maybe I'm too optimistic. But I can hope they are, and I do hope so.

And you're not a weird one, at least not if weird = bad. (If weird = good, that's another story, and you can come sit by me anytime and tell tales of how it's going. Next time we're in the same locale, I am going to schedule things better, and that is a promise.)