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,,,,,,,^=† UNIVERSE#,,,========,,,# †=^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^= ####,== OMEGA POINT ==,#### =^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,^= #,,,========THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT =^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^=† (THEY TELL ME SO; THE ONES I TALK TO, †=^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^=†† THE ONES UNTOUCHED BY OUR MORTAL ††=^,,,,,,
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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 †=^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ THE KEYWORD HERE IS =SAFETY MARGIN==# - ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ WILL FIT IN THE PUZZLE, SAFE TO BEND - ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^= BUT IT WONT BE, AND THE SECOND THEY =^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^=† TRY... †=^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,^=††¤ AND SO,##=======T ¤††=^,,,,,
,,,,^=††¤§ HEY LOOK AT US AND OUR PLANET AND THEY §¤††=^,,,,
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