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...