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@,@,@,,@,,   things as the furnace, the labyrinth,  @@,@@@,,@,
@@@@@@,@@,           reptiles or graves.            @,@@,,@,@@
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,,,,,,@,@@  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ,@,@@@@,,@
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@,,@,,@,@@ often created in good faith, a basement  ,@@,@,@@@,
@@,@@,@@@,  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   @@,@@@@,,@
,,@@,@@,,@   into your building, and cave things    @,@@,,,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ with it. i've found that it's easier to  ,@@,@,,@@@
,@@@@,@@@@   think of all caves as the same large   @@,@@@,@,,
,@,,,@@,,,   structure, it's just that all parts    @,@@,,@@@,
,@@,,@,@,,    might not be physically connected.    @@@,@,@,,@
@@,@,@@@@,      that's what you're inviting in.     @,,@@@@@,@
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@,,,@,,,,@   the purpose of a basement is often to  ,,,,,@@@,,
@@,,@@,,,@    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   @,,,,@,,@,
@,@,@,@,,@  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ,@,,,@@,@@
,@@@@@@@,@  to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a ,@@,,@,@@,
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,,,@,,,,@@  to draw from the earth around it, push  ,,@,,,@,@,
,,,@@,,,@,         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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