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##£#@=†«-.   structure, it's just that all parts    .-«†=@#£##
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##£#@=†«-.    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   .-«†=@#£##
£@@==«....  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ....«==@@£
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#@@=†-....         above ground, laundered.         ....-†=@@#
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##£#@=†«-.    a cellar is a more senseful affair,   .-«†=@#£##
#@@†«.....   less intense... made to store things   .....«†@@#
##£#@=†«-.    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    .-«†=@#£##
##£#@=†«-. environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms.  .-«†=@#£##
##£#@=†«-.  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  .-«†=@#£##
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