[On occasion, it's easy for Otto to forget that most of the superheroes on campus are not invulnerable gods. They're just human beings in fancy suits. Those bruises serve as a jarring reminder, and he ends up feeling a little bad for Spider-Man. Perhaps he can find a way to have the suit itself absorb impacts, to limit the damage done to the person wearing it?

Inspiration hitting him, indeed.]

Hmm, yes, that's often how it works. The best ideas are the ones which hit you without warning, much like the apple which bonked Isaac Newton on the head.