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...