Leave your sanity at the door, have at least some knowledge of ReBoot, and READ MY FANFICS (or at least one of them *coughReBootTakesToTheBus!cough*)!
Well, okay, that last part isn't required... I just plug my fanfics (which you can find at fanfiction.net, by the way) at every possible opportunity.

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