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#=///^^... that's what you're inviting in. ...^^///=#
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####$=/=^. to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a .^=/=$####
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####$=/=^. to draw from the earth around it, push .^=/=$####
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#####=/=^. a cellar is a more senseful affair, .^=/=#####
####$=/=^. less intense... made to store things .^=/=$####
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####$=/=^. environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. .^=/=$####
####$=/=^. perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not .^=/=$####
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