,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,,,,~~~\§§ 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... ###,###~#\~~^^^ §§§§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###§§*\~^,
,^~\*§§### ^^^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###§§*\~^,
,,,^^~\**§ §**\~^^,,,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,,,,^^~\§§ §§\~^^,,,,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,
,,,,,^\§§# #§§\^,,,,,
,^~\*§§### ###§§*\~^,