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...