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...