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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 ###§$*:~,,
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,,~~~~~:$§ 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 #§*:~,,,,,
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