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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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..§.§.§..§ ~~~~~~~~~~#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §.§.§.§.§§
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