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.:==†%@@@#      ####.== FERMI'S PARADOX ==.####     #@@@%†==:.
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.:==†%@@@@ THERE'S TOO LITTLE APPARENT LIFE IN  THE @@@@%†==:.
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.:==†%@@@@        ####.== OMEGA POINT ==.####       @@@@%†==:.
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...===%@@@   #...========THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   @@@%===...
.:==†%@@@# (THEY TELL ME  SO;  THE ONES  I TALK TO, #@@@%†==:.
.:==†%@@@# THE  ONES   UNTOUCHED   BY   OUR  MORTAL #@@@%†==:.
.:==†%@@@#                EMPTINESS)                #@@@%†==:.
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.....=††@@ 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                #@@@%†==:.
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.:=====%@@ BUT SOMETHING  THAT  A  SPECIES  THAT IS @@%=====:.
.:==†%@@## CURIOUS IS  BOUND (IN  THE FEY SENSE) TO ##@@%†==:.
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.:==†%@@@@ 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 #@@@%†==:.
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...:===%%@ HEY LOOK AT US AND OUR  PLANET AND  THEY @%%===:...
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