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,,,,,,«†%&   environment where you could find such  &%†«,,,,,,
,^«†%£&@##  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   ##@&£%†«^,
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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   ##@&£%†«^,
,^«†%£&###  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.    ##@&£%†«^,
,^«†%£&@##      that's what you're inviting in.     ##@&£%†«^,
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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  ##@&£%†«^,
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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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