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 SOT             
 HEY LOOK AT  US AND OUR  PLANET AND THEY 
                 LAUH                  
 AUSE WE'RE NEXT...