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...