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..-=*$@@## THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN ##@@$*=-..
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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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..-=*$@@## OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT ##@@$*=-..
..-=*$@@## IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE ##@@$*=-..
..-=*$@@@# INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS #@@@$*=-..
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....--*@@# THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE #@@*--....
..-=*$@@## STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS ##@@$*=-..
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..-=*$@@## ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. ##@@$*=-..
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