kids haven't learned to judge distance yet. i had a cat who never learned it. he'd enter a room in which i was sitting on the other side, and i'd say "hi, wasabi!" he'd immediately fall down and roll over for a tummy rub. i'd say "wasabi, darling, my arms are not a whole room long! you have to come here if you want that tummy rub!"
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Opposites attract - pointy/stabby and squishy/sensitive are very much opposites, so naturally, they very much attract.
Kids, always trying to put somebody's eye out!