The Nodos put on an apron. The cake was

The Nodos put on an apron. The cake was done. It was a very big cake. It was baked in a relativistic jet emitted from a black-hole the Nodos had made, this quantum cake.

Only the time blade could cut the quantum cake. I sliced a 1/8 squared piece and force fed it to Einstein.

Einstein choked and started to turn blue. Perhaps it was too much quantum cake but how was I to know I've never time travelled before. I took the time blade and

discovered the Theory of Everything. The proton pack's gauge went in the red, the dial looking as if it were trying to beat its way out. The whole thing exploded, along with our

Backpacks, so suddenly we had to forage. The berries on the bushes, the lambs-quarters and edible weeds were good enough for breakfast. The Theory of Everything provided for a lot

of theoretical predictions but no advice on what was edible.Einstein was against it,but we burned the Theory of Everything & roasted the lambs quarters.Newton & Hawking foraged for

Cantor's terms. What really got everybody's attention was the repeating motif that kept accosting their minds. Each thought they were the only ones being accosted so didn't mention

it to the others, lest they be thought of as a "weenie". The repeating motif in their minds was driving them all crazy. Some started humming loudly to drown it out. Others tore at

their ears to reach the innermost sections of their brains. They were able to remove the parts that perceived the noise, but they could not put the rest back together.