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...