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.^-:$&£#@#  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   #@#£&$:-^.
.^-:$&£###           reptiles or graves.            ###£&$:-^.
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.^---:$££#  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  #££$:---^.
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.^-:$&£#@@   into your building, and cave things    @@#£&$:-^.
.^---::$£@ with it. i've found that it's easier to  @£$::---^.
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....^:$$£#    might not be physically connected.    #£$$:^....
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.^-:$&£###   hide unsightly appliances, engines,    ###£&$:-^.
.^-:$£#@##  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ##@#£$:-^.
.^-$&£#@## to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ##@#£&$-^.
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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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