The Oligarch came to witness the first awakening. "How goes it, Wezen?"
"Fine."
"I don't know," Herb said. "My mind, it's ... I can't think...."
One of the others said, "There's all kinds of information, but I can't get at it. I ... can't ... get ... at ... it." He looked around desperately. "Every time I try, something new comes up. It's like a volcano. I can't control it. I think, the name of a river is Mississi—and then I know that leaves are green, and...."
"The sun is 93 million miles away...."
"The day is divided into twenty-four equal periods of sixty minutes...."
"The largest ocean is the Pacific...."
"The Federal Government of the United States of America is composed of three independent branches...."
They were all talking at once.
"It's awful. Not to be able to control...."