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¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§§¨
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§§§§§¨§§§¨             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨¨§§§§§§§§         UNIVERSE#¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#         ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨       ####¨~~ OMEGA POINT ~~¨####        §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  THER##                  ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   §§§§§§§¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ (THEY TELL ME  SO;  THE ONES I  TALK TO, ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ THE   ONES   UNTOUCHED  BY   OUR  MORTAL ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                EMPTINESS)                ¨¨¨¨§§§¨§¨
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§§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨ 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...                  ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨ HEY LOOK AT  US AND OUR  PLANET AND THEY §¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§                 ~LAU~H~                  §¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§§¨§ ~~~AUSE WE'~RE NE~X~T... ###¨###~#=~~~~~ §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨§§¨§§§¨§§                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§