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...