¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨§§¨§§¨§                                          §§§¨§§¨§§§
¨¨§¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨§¨§§
§¨¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §§§¨§§§§¨§
§¨§¨§§§¨§§            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 so¨##~~~~~~~t             §¨¨§¨§§§§§
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ hey look  at us  and our planet and they §¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§§§§                 .lau.h.                  §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§¨¨¨¨¨ ...ause we'.re ne.x.t... ###¨##@~#*~~... ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ........................................ §§§¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§ ........................................ ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨ ..........#............................. ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§§§§¨¨§§§                                          §§¨§§¨§§§§
§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§§§¨§§§
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§