He didn't exactly carry exam gloves on him, and he saw her hesitation. He didn't have any diseases (and man had he been tested), but it was always a risk no matter what. He wouldn't blame her if she didn't touch him, though despite the bone protrusion, there wasn't much blood at all.

"Unlike you, I can soldier on anywhere. I don't need a plane, though I would mighty appreciate one all the same." He smirked at her, but he appreciated her assistance no matter what branch of the military she was from. The fact they had both been part of him made him warm to her as if she were one of his own to a degree.

And yep, that just pulled free and now she was holding a hardened metacarpal that looked oddly like a knife blade if he squinted just a little. "Uh yeah, that's new. I don't know what's going on with me, but... this is now the second weird thing to happen to me. And my skin is mostly intact.. so, I don't know what to think. Seen anything like this, doc?"