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...~††££## there's too little apparent life in  the ##££††~...
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.....~~†£#        ####.~~ omega point ~~.####       #£†~~.....
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....~%%££& the   ones  untouched   by   our  mortal &££%%~....
......~%&&                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 ###&£%†~..
..~†%£&###                never find                ###&£%†~..
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..~†%£&### but  something that a  species  that  is ###&£%†~..
...~††%&&& curious is  bound (in  the fey sense) to &&&%††~...
..~†%£&###                 explore                  ###&£%†~..
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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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