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,,,:~/^¤&¶ ####,~~ 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... ###,##@~¶/~~::: #¶&¤^/~:,,
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