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...