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..........     ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.####      ..........
,.........             #...~~~~~~~~...#             .........,
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$†,....... there's too little apparent life  in the .......,†$
%$†,......         universe#...~~~~~~~~...#         ......,†$%
¤%$†,.....        ####.~~ omega point ~~.####       .....,†$%¤
#¤%$†,....        #...~~~~~~~~...# it'¤¤¤¤#-a       ....,†$%¤#
##¤%$†,...                                          ...,†$%¤##
###¤%$†,..                  ther##                  ..,†$%¤###
####¤%$†,.   #...~~~~~~~~there's probably a point   .,†$%¤####
###¤%$†,.. (they tell  me so; the ones  i talk  to, ..,†$%¤###
##¤%$†,... the   ones   untouched  by  our   mortal ...,†$%¤##
#¤%$†,....                emptiness)                ....,†$%¤#
¤%$†,.....                                          .....,†$%¤
%$†,...... there's probably  a point  where we  try ......,†$%
$†,....... too much.  the fey  are curious like us, .......,†$
†,........ or  mor¤#%#$ a "killer  fact", something ........,†
,......... that  a species that  isn't curious will .........,
..........                never find                ..........
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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 - ........,†
$†,....... but  it  wont  be, and the  second  they .......,†$
%$†,......                  try...                  ......,†$%
¤%$†,.....                                          .....,†$%¤
#¤%$†,....             and so.##~~~~~~~t            ....,†$%¤#
##¤%$†,... hey look  at us and our planet  and they ...,†$%¤##
###¤%$†,..                 ,lau,h,                  ..,†$%¤###
####¤%$†,. ,,,ause we',re ne,x,t... ###.###~#†~~,,, .,†$%¤####
###¤%$†,.. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..,†$%¤###
##¤%$†,... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ...,†$%¤##
#¤%$†,.... ,,,,,,,,,,#,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ....,†$%¤#
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