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...