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...