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...