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,,,,-**#@# 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 so,##-------t ##@#**-,,,
,,,,-**#@# hey look at us and our planet and they #@#**-,,,,
,,,-**#@## ,lau,h, ##@#**-,,,
,,-**#@### ,,,ause we',re ne,x,t... ###,###-@*--,,, ###@#**-,,
,,,-**#@## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##@#**-,,,
,,,,-**#@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@#**-,,,,
,,,-**#@## ,,,,,,,,,,#,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##@#**-,,,
,,-**#@### ###@#**-,,
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