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..........  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ..........
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..........   into your building, and cave things    ..........
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........-«   think of all caves as the same large   «-........
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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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