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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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#@$%:--... INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS ...--:%$@#
@$%:--.... WITH IT. I'VE FOUND THAT IT'S EASIER TO ....--:%$@
$%:--..... THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE .....--:%$
%:--...... STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS ......--:%
:--....... MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED. .......--:
--........ THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN. ........--
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:--....... 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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