Just simple emote to give loving petting to any who might be the target, without needing to write custom emote.
I'll put out there example text which could be sufficient:
"You pet [target] gently."
I would love this very much, even if it is small thing.
#/pet emote
subtle pond
restive sage
Absolutely agree, with so many cute animal forms I feel like this is a very necessary emote to have.
tropic depot
Maybe petting can increase friendliess by 0.1 so that sitting and listening to music while petting becomes a valid way to increase friendliness.