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...