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...