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...