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...