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...