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...