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...