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...