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##@£@†^~:,  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ,:~^†@£@##
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##@£@†^~:,   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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##@£@†^~:,  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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##@£@†^~:,   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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