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..«\%@£###            reptiles or graves.           ###£@%\«..
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..«\%@£###  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ###£@%\«..
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...«\%@£## with it. i've found that it's easier to  ##£@%\«...
..«\%@£###   think of all caves as the same large   ###£@%\«..
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..«\%@£###    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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..«\%@£###   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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