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...