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...