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...