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.......... ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### ..........
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.......:~; there's too little apparent life in the ;~:.......
......:~;% universe#...~~~~~~~~...# %;~:......
.....:~;%¤ ####.~~ omega point ~~.#### ¤%;~:.....
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.:~;%¤@#@# #...~~~~~~~~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 ~:........
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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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