The polar bears used spaghetti to illustrate the physics of the thing. Marlon scratched his head. He still wasn’t getting it. But he didn’t want to admit the fact, nor did he want to exasperate the bears. No matter how distinguished they were as scientists, they were still wild beasts. They had already snapped almost a dozen pieces of spaghetti without meaning to during the demonstration. His hand moved to his neck. They looked at him expectantly. He perspired a little despite the cold.
“Maybe you could run that past me, just one more time?”