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##@@*†=~^¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨^~=†*@@##
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#@**†~~~^¨ there's too little apparent life in the ¨^~~~†**@#
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##@@*†=~^¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~there's probably a point ¨^~=†*@@##
@@@@*†=~^¨ (they tell me so; the ones i talk to, ¨^~=†*@@@@
@*†††~^¨¨¨ the ones untouched by our mortal ¨¨¨^~†††*@
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@@*=^¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~==*@#
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##@@*†=~^¨ but something that a species that is ¨^~=†*@@##
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@*=~^¨¨¨¨¨ 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... ¨^~=†*@@@@
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##@@*†=~^¨ and so¨##~~~~~~~t ¨^~=†*@@##
@**†~~^¨¨¨ hey look at us and our planet and they ¨¨¨^~~†**@
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