While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

“Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but w…”

“Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinkingabout what I wa…”

“Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?”

“He was a wonderful man. And when a man is that special, you know it sooner than…”