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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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#.#.##.#.#  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  #.##.#.#.#
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#.#..#.#.#   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  #..#.#.#..
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#.#..#.#.#   structure, it's just that all parts    #..#.#.#..
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#.#..#.#.#  the purpose of a basement is often to   #..#.#.#..
#.#.##.#.#    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   #.##.#.#.#
#.#..#.#.#  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  #..#.#.#..
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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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