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...