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...