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.^~††§@###            A#...~~~~~~~~...#             ###@§††~^.
.^~††§@###      ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.####     ###@§††~^.
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...^††††@# THERE'S TOO LITTLE  APPARENT LIFE IN THE #@††††^...
..^~††§§§#         UNIVERSE#...~~~~~~~~...#         #§§§††~^..
.^~††@####        ####.~~ OMEGA POINT ~~.####       ####@††~^.
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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 ###@§††~^.
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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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