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...