normally , someone like that would wear me out in five seconds , but the excitement in her eyes and the way she kept rocking back on her heels was sort of contagious . you think you can handle it one way but that i ca n't . or as much of it as possible . moving but not knowing where i was going was an unusual experience . i think they really look up to you . '' `` maybe one of the officers dropped his gun off the viewing platform , '' the man said , eyeing the lump in the painting . 