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...