Kitty nodded sympathetically and gestured him to a quiet, cozy spot in one of the booths by the counter.

"What I usually tell people is that it doesn't much matter whether it's real or not. If you treat it like it isn't, it'll make you crazy. If you treat it like it is, it's weird, but you learn to deal with it." She offered a smile and a shrug. "I don't know how much that helps, though."