There were parents and their children, mothers to their young, fathers to their offspring, and vice versa, relating in pure display of love and affection.
Calming words were given. Encouraging advises were exchanged. A heartening last farewell to a loved one they might not see again for the coming years.
You stop to think of this and wondered of your own parents. Since the empty void and the inception of time and space, you have always been alone.
You simply existed and knew nothing about your kin, much less of one to call a father or mother of your own. Thus, the feelings you witnessed in droves right now were basically alien to you.
But it never failed to give you an amusement to while the time away as you wait. Sigh! You were the 10,343rd applicant and realized that this was going to be a long one indeed.