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§§¨§§§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨§§¨¨§§§§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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§§§§§¨¨§¨¨            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 so¨##«««««««t            §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§
§¨§¨¨¨§§§§ hey  look at  us and our planet and they §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨§                  -lau-h-                 §§¨§§§§¨§§
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ ---ause we'-re ne-x-t... ###¨##@«#/««--- ¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§¨§¨§§¨ ---------------------------------------- §¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§§§§¨§§ ---------------------------------------- §§§¨§§§§¨¨
§¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨ ----------#----------------------------- ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
§§§¨¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨§§§§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨¨§§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨§
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§§¨§¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨§§§¨¨¨¨§