,,,,~~^$$¤ ¤$$^~~,,,,
,,,,~~$¤¤# #¤¤$~~,,,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,,,^^$$¤# #¤$$^^,,,,
,,,~~$*¤¤¤ ¤¤¤*$~~,,,
,,~^$*¤@@@ a#,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# @@@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$¤@### ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ###@¤$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## there's too little apparent life in the ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤¤¤# universe#,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# #¤¤¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ####,~~ omega point ~~,#### ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# it'¤¤¤¤@-a ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*@### ther## ###@*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## #,,,~~~~~~~~there's probably a point ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ##@¤*$^~,,
,,,~~~$¤¤¤ the ones untouched by our mortal ¤¤¤$~~~,,,
,,~^$*¤@## emptiness) ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## there's probably a point where we try ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## too much. the fey are curious like us, ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤¤@@ or mor¤@*@$ 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 ¤***^^~,,,
,,,,~$*¤¤# try... #¤¤*$~,,,,
,,,,~^$$¤# #¤$$^~,,,,
,,~^$*¤### and so,##~~~~~~~t ###¤*$^~,,
,,,,,^$**¤ hey look at us and our planet and they ¤**$^,,,,,
,,~^$*¤### ,lau,h, ###¤*$^~,,
,,,,,,,^*¤ ,,,ause we',re ne,x,t... ###,###~@^~~,,, ¤*^,,,,,,,
,,~^$*¤@## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^*¤@### ,,,,,,,,,,#,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###@¤*^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@@@ @@@¤*$^~,,
,,~^$*¤@## ##@¤*$^~,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ ¤$~,,,,,,,
,,~^$*¤@@@ @@@¤*$^~,,