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...