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...