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.-~=†£¤### . †~~   ~†¤  the basement  ¤†~   ~~†† .  ###¤£†=~-.
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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  ##¤£†=~-..
.-~=†£¤###                 advised)                 ###¤£†=~-.
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