This may seem bizarre behavior for an adult. I thought so. Many years later, I watched Saturday morning cartoons with my kids. A cartoon bullet halted in mid- flight to read a sign held up by the intended target. The bullet then took a right turn to follow the arrow.
Kids have no difficulty buying into the concept.
An adult created that cartoon, and it's a fair guess he wasn't a Yard. In many ways, adult Yards carry the child within them into adulthood. In many ways I envy them that faculty. Others found it anoying as hell. Yards were great at keeping their heads.