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#@@¤$*\~:, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,:~\*$¤@@#
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@@@¤$*\~:, there's too little apparent life in the ,:~\*$¤@@@
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@¤¤¤$*\~:, ####,~~ omega point ~~,#### ,:~\*$¤¤¤@
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@@¤$*\:,,, (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ,,,:\*$¤@@
@@@¤$*\~:, the ones untouched by our mortal ,:~\*$¤@@@
#@@¤$*\~:, emptiness) ,:~\*$¤@@#
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@¤*~:,,,,, 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 ,:~\*$¤@@#
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@$$\\:,,,, but something that a species that is ,,,,:\\$$@
##@@$*\~:, curious is bound (in the fey sense) to ,:~\*$@@##
@@¤$*~:,,, explore ,,,:~*$¤@@
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##@@$*\~:, the keyword here is ~safety margin~~# - ,:~\*$@@##
@¤¤*\~,,,, it will look like any other force, it ,,,,~\*¤¤@
¤¤¤¤$*\~:, will fit in the puzzle, safe to bend - ,:~\*$¤¤¤¤
@¤¤$$*\~:, but it wont be, and the second they ,:~\*$$¤¤@
#@@¤$*\~:, try... ,:~\*$¤@@#
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@¤$\:,,,,, and so,##~~~~~~~t ,,,,,:\$¤@
##@@¤$*~:, hey look at us and our planet and they ,:~*$¤@@##
##@¤$*\~:, :lau:h: ,:~\*$¤@##
#@@¤$*\~:, :::ause we':re ne:x:t... ###,##@~@\~~::: ,:~\*$¤@@#
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