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%/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨             A#¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#            ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/%
§%/~^¨¨¨¨¨      ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨####     ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%§
@§%/~^¨¨¨¨             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ¨¨¨¨^~/%§@
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##@§%/~^¨¨ THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT  LIFE IN THE ¨¨^~/%§@##
###@§%/~^¨         UNIVERSE#¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#         ¨^~/%§@###
##@§%/~^¨¨        ####¨~~ OMEGA POINT ~~¨####       ¨¨^~/%§@##
#@§%/~^¨¨¨       #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# IT'§§§§@-A        ¨¨¨^~/%§@#
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§%/~^¨¨¨¨¨                  THER##                  ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%§
%/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨   #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/%
/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (THEY TELL ME  SO; THE  ONES  I TALK TO, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE  ONES   UNTOUCHED   BY  OUR   MORTAL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                EMPTINESS)                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/
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§%/~^¨¨¨¨¨ 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...                  ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%§
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#@§%/~^¨¨¨            AND SO¨##~~~~~~~T             ¨¨¨^~/%§@#
##@§%/~^¨¨ HEY  LOOK AT US AND OUR PLANET AND  THEY ¨¨^~/%§@##
###@§%/~^¨                 ^LAU^H^                  ¨^~/%§@###
##@§%/~^¨¨ ^^^AUSE WE'^RE NE^X^T... ###¨###~@/~~^^^ ¨¨^~/%§@##
#@§%/~^¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨^~/%§@#
@§%/~^¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨¨^~/%§@
§%/~^¨¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%§
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