A            
      FERMI'S PARADOX       
                          
                                          
 THERE'S TOO LITTLE  APPARENT LIFE IN THE 
         UNIVERSE         
        OMEGA POINT         
        IT'-A        
                                          
                  THER                  
   THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   
 (THEY TELL  ME  SO; THE  ONES I TALK TO, 
 THE   ONES  UNTOUCHED   BY  OUR   MORTAL 
                EMPTINESS)                
                                          
 THERE'S PROBABLY A  POINT  WHERE WE  TRY 
 TOO MUCH.  THE FEY  ARE CURIOUS LIKE US, 
 OR  MOR  A "KILLER FACT", SOMETHING 
 THAT  A SPECIES THAT ISN'T CURIOUS  WILL 
                NEVER FIND                
                                          
 BUT  SOMETHING THAT  A SPECIES  THAT  IS 
 CURIOUS IS  BOUND (IN THE  FEY SENSE) TO 
                 EXPLORE                  
                                          
 THE KEYWORD HERE  IS SAFETY MARGIN - 
 IT WILL  LOOK LIKE  ANY OTHER FORCE,  IT 
 WILL  FIT IN  THE PUZZLE, SAFE TO BEND - 
 BUT IT  WONT  BE,  AND  THE  SECOND THEY 
                  TRY...                  
                                          
             AND SOT            
 HEY  LOOK AT US AND OUR  PLANET AND THEY 
                 LAUH                  
 AUSE WE'RE NEXT...