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...