Sideways wonder chambers

Natura Morte - the art of a still life - all my rules are broke, and nothing but questions remain...
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however, there are few answers and in fact nowhere else to go but forward, so...

for the PenPal Princess, just working on vitae, that ‘novam rem...
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for Elizabeth Smither, working on adding those ‘flores viventem...
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for Patrick Smith, we’re now operating ‘sub specie aeternitatis...