When Airey pointed out that Professor Dursley was waving at him, Tobias waved back at the bass. Manners, see? Real important.

But the lesson then started and Tobias actually opened his mouth to answer the 'chicken or the egg' question, 'cause he KNEW it. It actually wasn't that hard. Instead he held back and waited and made some notes.

Toby looked up from his notes just in time to see Professor Flamsteed tossing the egg up into the air and letting it fall.

Like actually fall.

And splat.

He wrinkled his nose slightly and stared at the egg whilst he heard other students give their answers. His immediate answer, The Big Bang, was gone. But that didn't mean he couldn't sort of get close to it.

"Atoms exploding?" Tobias suggested as he raised his hand, feeling an unfamiliar twinge or protest in his muscles as he did so. "Or technically more like one atom. The first one, which is hot and dense 'cause it contains everything that'll make the universe." See? He was trying to make links here. Trying. It was just hard to try and remember what he'd read about this stuff, if he'd read anything at all.

The boy lowered his hand again and absentmindedly rotated his shoulder, trying to stretch out the stiffness a bit.