A candid response can do wonders for dispelling the mutual discomfort of moments like that. I've been known to come back with light-hearted responses myself if I feel like the staring is good-natured and, well, goofy. You guys do get goofy with all that, you know. 
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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