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...