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.&.&.&.&.& The Basement Is A Man-Made Subterranean &..&.&.&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& Things As The Furnace, The Labyrinth, &..&.&.&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& A Small Or Rural Basement Is A Cellar. &.&&.&.&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& 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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.&.&.&.&.& 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 &.&&.&.&.&
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