While I might not personally agree with a "three strikes" rule, you are handling things *very* maturely and in a way that will be a learning expierence for you. You are being very thoughtful about what you're doing, which is something way, way, way too many people are not capable of doing. Kudos to you!
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Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox
She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous
-C'hi