¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨            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... ###¨##@~@;~~... ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ ........................................ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ ........................................ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ..........#............................. §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨