>>30974715Hell, I just checked it out in Refresh. There's absolutely no reaction from the compass eye when you do anything. It just swings around as it moves. It does respond to being pet anywhere, seaweed, steering wheel, or anchor, but it will only eat if the bean is in the seaweed part.
Also, there's no expression difference between when you're petting a part it likes or a part it hates, until you hit the point where you've done enough and it does the full body reaction.