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...