Don't help to help

[The humankind god

evolved/ will someday evolve/ on

a different plane/

in a different medium]

—Where?

[If you must know/

the square roots of Gh/c5 and Gh/c3]

—What does Planck time and Planck length have to do with anything?

[Kwatz!]

[Once Ummon asked

a lesser light Are you a gardener>

Yes it replied

Why have turnips no roots>

Ummon asked the gardener\

who could not reply

Because said Ummon

rainwater is plentiful]

The Fall of Hyperion, chapter 41 - Dan Simmons