Putting his hand up into the air as far as it could go and felt a twinge in his side.

Great!

He'd pulled a muscle.

"Professor Laksh, how do they make animated television shows? And is the boy called Ben 10 because they shortened his surname or is it because he is ten years old?"

Marcus rubbed his side with his free hand. Maybe he should have done some warm up exercises before he started putting his hand in the air. "Oh, oh and Miss? How can a cartoon character be HOT?"

Because that was just weird.