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,~-;†&¤### ####,-- fermi's paradox --,#### ###¤&†;-~,
,~-;†&¤### #,,,--------,,,# ###¤&†;-~,
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,~-;†&¤### there's too little apparent life in the ###¤&†;-~,
,~-;†¤#### universe#,,,--------,,,# ####¤†;-~,
,,~---;†¤# ####,-- omega point --,#### #¤†;---~,,
,~-;†&¤### #,,,--------,,,# it'¤¤¤¤#-a ###¤&†;-~,
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,~-;†&¤### #,,,--------there's probably a point ###¤&†;-~,
,~-;†&¤### (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ###¤&†;-~,
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,~-;†&¤### 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 ###¤&†;-~,
,~-;†&¤### curious is bound (in the fey sense) to ###¤&†;-~,
,,,~~;†&&¤ explore ¤&&†;~~,,,
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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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,~-;†&¤### ~~~ause we'~re ne~x~t... ###,###-#;--~~~ ###¤&†;-~,
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