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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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.#.#.##.#. often created in good faith, a basement  #.#.#.#..#
.#.#..#.#.  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   #.#.#.#.##
.#.#.##.#.   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  #.#.#.#..#
.#.#..#.#.                 advised)                 #.#.#.#.##
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