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...