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...