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#@#*^\~^.. ####.~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~.#### ..^~\^*#@#
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##@#*^\~^. THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT LIFE IN THE .^~\^*#@##
#@#*^\~^.. UNIVERSE#...~~~~~~~~...# ..^~\^*#@#
@#*^\~^... ####.~~ OMEGA POINT ~~.#### ...^~\^*#@
#@#*^\~^.. #...~~~~~~~~...# IT'&&&-A ..^~\^*#@#
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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 ..^~\^*#@#
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#@#*^\~^.. 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~~# - ..^~\^*#@#
@#*^\~^... 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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#@#*^\~^.. AND SO.##~~~~~~~T ..^~\^*#@#
##@#*^\~^. HEY LOOK AT US AND OUR PLANET AND THEY .^~\^*#@##
#@#*^\~^.. ^LAU^H^ ..^~\^*#@#
@#*^\~^... ^^^AUSE WE'^RE NE^X^T... ###.##@~#\~~^^^ ...^~\^*#@
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