But last, and worst to Jubal, causing him baffled consternation, Mike had grokked the Fosterite service as including (among things he had not grokked) an announcement of an impending discorporation of two humans who were about to join the human "Old Ones" - and Mike was tremendously excited at this news.  Had he grokked it rightly?  Mike knew that his comprehension of English was less than perfect; he continued to make mistakes through his ignorance, being "only an egg." But had he grokked this correctly?  He had been waiting to meet the human "Old Ones," for he had many questions to ask.  Was this an opportunity?  Or did he require more learnings from his water brothers before he was ready?