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...