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...,~^=%##             a#...~~~~~~~~...#            ##%=^~,...
..,~^=%###      ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.####     ###%=^~,..
.,~^=%####             #...~~~~~~~~...#             ####%=^~,.
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...,~^=%## there's too little  apparent life in the ##%=^~,...
....,~^=%#         universe#...~~~~~~~~...#         #%=^~,....
.....,~^=%       ####.~~ omega point ~~.####        %=^~,.....
......,~^=       #...~~~~~~~~...# it'¤¤¤¤#-a        =^~,......
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....,~^=%#                  ther##                  #%=^~,....
...,~^=%##   #...~~~~~~~~there's probably a point   ##%=^~,...
..,~^=%### (they tell  me so; the ones  i talk  to, ###%=^~,..
.,~^=%#### the   ones   untouched  by  our   mortal ####%=^~,.
..,~^=%###                emptiness)                ###%=^~,..
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....,~^=%# 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                #%=^~,....
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..,~^=%### but  something  that a species  that  is ###%=^~,..
.,~^=%#### curious is bound  (in  the fey sense) to ####%=^~,.
..,~^=%###                 explore                  ###%=^~,..
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....,~^=%# 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...                  #%=^~,....
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..,~^=%###            and so.##~~~~~~~t             ###%=^~,..
.,~^=%#### hey look  at us and our  planet and they ####%=^~,.
..,~^=%###                 ,lau,h,                  ###%=^~,..
...,~^=%## ,,,ause we',re ne,x,t... ###.###~#^~~,,, ##%=^~,...
....,~^=%# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #%=^~,....
.....,~^=% ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, %=^~,.....
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