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,###,,#,## the basement is a man-made subterranean  ,,,,#,##,,
,#,##,,,##  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  ,,###,,,,#
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