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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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.~-=%$@###   structure, it's just that all parts    ###@$%=-~.
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.~-=%$£@##  the purpose of a basement is often to   ##@£$%=-~.
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...~====$@  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  @$====~...
.~-=%$£@## to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ##@£$%=-~.
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.~-=%$£@@@  to draw from the earth around it, push  @@@£$%=-~.
.~-=%$£@##         above ground, laundered.         ##@£$%=-~.
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.~-=%$£@##   a cellar is a more senseful affair,    ##@£$%=-~.
.~-=%%%$£#   less intense... made to store things   #£$%%%=-~.
.~-=%$£@##    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    ##@£$%=-~.
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.~-=%$£@@@  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  @@@£$%=-~.
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