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...