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,^«\^$£@##   environment where you could find such  ##@£$^\«^,
,^«\^$£@##  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   ##@£$^\«^,
,^«\^$£@##           reptiles or graves.            ##@£$^\«^,
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,,,^^\\$£#  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  #£$\\^^,,,
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,^«\^$£@## 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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,^«\^$$$$@  to draw from the earth around it, push  @$$$$^\«^,
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,^«\^$£££@    a cellar is a more senseful affair,   @£££$^\«^,
,^«\^^$$$£   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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