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.......-=^ The Basement Is A Man-Made Subterranean ^=-.......
......-=^% Environment Where You Could Find Such %^=-......
.....-=^%§ Things As The Furnace, The Labyrinth, §%^=-.....
....-=^%§@ Reptiles Or Graves. @§%^=-....
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.....-=^%§ 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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......-=^% 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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