It's only looking. It's the touching that warrants slaps and insults.

[And now comes Jack's philosophy.]

Here is my view, if I may be so bold in which case I shall, to stare often means a mark of adoration or disgust in some cases of those that have barnacles growing in places where they shouldn't be. Now unless I am corrected, there is no sense in my changing m' mind about watching you.

[At the end of his sentence, he smiles but it's a different smile. A warmer one marked with keen interest.]