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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.    ,,«=*£#@##
##@#£*=«,,      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  ,,,,,,«=£@
##££**=«,, to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ,,«=**££##
##@#£*=«,,                 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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