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,~~///^**§ §**^///~~,
,~~/^*§§## ##§§*^/~~,
,~~/*§#### ####§*/~~,
,~~//^***# #***^//~~,
,,,~~^^§§# 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 so,##~~~~~~~t ###§*^/~~,
,~~/^*§### hey look at us and our planet and they ###§*^/~~,
,,,~~~~^§# ~lau~h~ #§^~~~~,,,
,,,~~//^*§ ~~~ause we'~re ne~x~t... ###,###~#/~~~~~ §*^//~~,,,
,~~/^*§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§*^/~~,
,,,~~~^§§# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #§§^~~~,,,
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,~~/^^^**§ §**^^^/~~,
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