¨§§¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨             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 so¨##~~~~~~~t             ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ hey  look at us  and our planet and they ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                  .lau.h.                 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ...ause we'.re ne.x.t... ###¨###~#;~~... ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ........................................ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ........................................ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ..........#............................. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§