In John Scalzi's "The Android's Dream," a character named Creek faces a daunting task of delivering complex news to someone. Creek contemplates how to explain that the sheep they are searching for is actually a woman who owns a pet store, revealing the unusual nature of their mission. The situation becomes even more complicated as Creek considers the implications of informing the individual that his brother has been resurrected as a computer program.

This scenario illustrates the challenges of confronting someone with extraordinary events in a single conversation. Creek understands the difficulty in processing such surreal information and chooses to prioritize what to communicate, emphasizing the absurdity and potential emotional fallout of sharing too much at once.