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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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.#.#.#.##. 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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