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...