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=^,,,,,,,,     ####,== fermi's paradox ==,####      ,,,,,,,,^=
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,,,,,,,,,, there's  too little apparent life in the ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,         universe#,,,========,,,#         ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,,       ####,== omega point ==,####        ,,,,,,,,,^
=^,,,,,,,,        #,,,========,,,# it'§§§§@-a       ,,,,,,,,^=
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**=^,,,,,,                  ther##                  ,,,,,,^=**
%**=^,,,,,   #,,,========there's probably a point   ,,,,,^=**%
@%**=^,,,, (they  tell  me so; the ones i  talk to, ,,,,^=**%@
#@%**=^,,, the   ones   untouched   by  our  mortal ,,,^=**%@#
##@%**=^,,                emptiness)                ,,^=**%@##
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##@%**=^,, 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                ,,,,,,^=**
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=^,,,,,,,, but something  that  a  species that  is ,,,,,,,,^=
^,,,,,,,,, curious is  bound (in  the fey sense) to ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,,                 explore                  ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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...                  ,,,,,,^=**
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@%**=^,,,,            and so,##=======t             ,,,,^=**%@
#@%**=^,,, hey look  at us and our  planet and they ,,,^=**%@#
##@%**=^,,                 ^lau^h^                  ,,^=**%@##
###@%**=^, ^^^ause we'^re ne^x^t... ###,###=@*==^^^ ,^=**%@###
##@%**=^,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,^=**%@##
#@%**=^,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,^=**%@#
@%**=^,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,^=**%@
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