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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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