when she stared at him in shock , he gave her a sheepish grin . `` will you allow me to touch them ? '' i turned around to look at her , and she shrugged . there are ways to deal with this . it was strange that she was n't picking up , but i did n't know her habits and did n't want to say anything about them . `` it 's hard to worry about things like that when all those brave men have lost their lives - but yes , go ahead and file the claim . '' 