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.^==§@#@## . §== =§# THE BASEMENT #§= ==§§ . ##@#@§==^.
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...^===§## THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN ##§===^...
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.^==§@#@## A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR. ##@#@§==^.
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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. ##@#@§==^.
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.^==§@#@## HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES, ##@#@§==^.
.^==§@#@## INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR ##@#@§==^.
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.^==§@#@## BUILDING. ##@#@§==^.
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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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