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§§\~,,,,,,            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    ,,~\§@§£##
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##£§@§\~,,   think of all caves as the same large   ,,~\§@§£##
#§§~,,,,,,    structure, it's just that all parts   ,,,,,,~§§#
##£§@§\~,,    might not be physically connected.    ,,~\§@§£##
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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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