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...-~;%% there's too little apparent life in the #&%%;~-...
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.....-~;%% ####.~~ omega point ~~.#### %%;~-.....
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.........- #...~~~~~~~~there's probably a point -.........
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........-~ emptiness) ~-........
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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 #&%%;~-...
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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 -.........
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........-~ and so.##~~~~~~~t ~-........
.......-~; hey look at us and our planet and they ;~-.......
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