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......-^*@ ####.-- FERMI'S PARADOX --.#### @*^-......
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.......-^* THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT LIFE IN THE *^-.......
......-^*@ UNIVERSE#...--------...# @*^-......
.....-^*@# ####.-- OMEGA POINT --.#### #@*^-.....
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...-^*@#@# #...--------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 @*^-......
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....-^*@#@ NEVER FIND @#@*^-....
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...-^*@#@# CURIOUS IS BOUND (IN THE FEY SENSE) TO #@#@*^-...
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.......-^* 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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