Y'know when you wake up thirsty in the middle of the night and suddenly, because you're so parched, that glass of water is the coolest, most refreshing water ever and it just gets you in a way that no other water ever did and you're ready to propose to it on the spot? This is like that but with human attention instead of water. And instead of the middle of the night they've been marching through the desert for days on end.