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,,,,,,=%@@ ####,== fermi's paradox ==,#### @@%=,,,,,,
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,,,..=%@@@ there's too little apparent life in the @@@%=..,,,
,,,,=//%%@ universe#,,,========,,,# @%%//=,,,,
,,,,=%%%@@ ####,== omega point ==,#### @@%%%=,,,,
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,,,,=//%@@ ther## @@%//=,,,,
,.=/%%@@## #,,,========there's probably a point ##@@%%/=.,
,..===/%%@ (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 ###@%%/=.,
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,,,,==%@@@ 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 @@%%%%/=.,
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,,,.=%%%%@ ...ause we'.re ne.x.t... ###,###=@/==... @%%%%=.,,,
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