Speaking of sensibilities, would Caine or the npcs be sensitive at all to any contact? He seems very unaware in general and goes out his way to grab or pat people from time to time but I doubt he himself has received anything of that kind of contact from any human across the time the circus has existed so in a "what if" scenario would he even get some sentimental satisfaction or be aware of the sentiment behind if someone tried to hug him? he isn't a human so is not like he has anything to compare the affection aside of interpreting it as some weird collision effect maybe