¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§§¨¨§§§                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
§§§§§§¨¨§¨             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... ###¨###«¶\««,,, §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§§§§§§§ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§§§§§§ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§§§§§ ,,,,,,,,,,#,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§§§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
¨¨§§¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨