¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§§§§§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
§§§¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§§             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... ###¨###~#*~~^^^ ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨§§§§§§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §§¨¨¨§¨§§§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ ^^^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨§§§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨§§§¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§§§¨
§¨¨§§¨§§§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§
§§§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨