....~^$& #&&$^~....
.~~^%$#@## ##@#$%^~~.
.~~^%$#@## ##@#$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# #@#&$%^~~.
.~~~~~^%$# #$%^~~~~~.
.~~^%$@# a#...~~~~~~~~...# #@#&$%^~~.
.~~^%$@@ ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### @@#&$%^~~.
......~% #...~~~~~~~~...# #&%~......
.~~^%$@# #@#&$%^~~.
.~~%$@## there's too little apparent life in the ##@#&$%~~.
.....~^$## universe#...~~~~~~~~...# ##$^~.....
.~~^%$$# ####.~~ omega point ~~.#### ##&$$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# #...~~~~~~~~...# it'&&&-a #@#&$%^~~.
.....~^$$& &$$^~.....
....~~%%&@ 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 - &&&%%%^~~.
.~~^%$@@ but it wont be, and the second they @@#&$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# try... #@#&$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# #@#&$%^~~.
.~~%$@## and so.##~~~~~~~t ##@#&$%~~.
.~~^^^%%$& hey look at us and our planet and they &$%%^^^~~.
...~~~~^$& ~lau~h~ &$^~~~~...
.~~^%$@# ~~~ause we'~re ne~x~t... ###.##@~#^~~~~~ #@#&$%^~~.
.~~^%$## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###&$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@#&$%^~~.
......~^%& ~~~~~~~~~~#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &%^~......
.~~^%$&@## ##@&$%^~~.
..~~~^%%&@ @&%%^~~~..
.....~^$&& &&$^~.....
.~~^%$## ###&$%^~~.
.~~^%$$&&@ @&&$$%^~~.
.~~^%$@# #@#&$%^~~.