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...