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...