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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨            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 so¨##«««««««t             ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ hey look at us  and our planet  and they ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                  :lau:h:                 ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :::ause we':re ne:x:t... ###¨###«£^««::: ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ::::::::::#::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨