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...