It's no effort, they're not strong at all.

With his tail comes an utterly offended gasp. What! But! BUT!

"Truck," they spit, annoyance cutting through their silence. They crush it against their side with one arm and try to lunge for his tail with the other--he won't even need to dodge, they miss and stumble roughly into the wall all on their own. Seems a shoe's untied.