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 SOT            
 HEY LOOK AT US AND  OUR PLANET  AND THEY 
                  LAUH                 
 AUSE WE'RE NEXT...