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,,~*%$&@##                     #                    ##@&$%*~,,
,,~**%%$&@  ,              ,~~~~,               ,   @&$%%**~,,
,,~*%$&@##  , %~~   ~%&  the basement  &%~   ~~%% , ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,,*%%$&   ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,  &$%%*,,,,,
,,,,,~*$@#                     #                    #@$*~,,,,,
,,~*%$&@##                                          ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&&@@  the basement is a man-made subterranean @@&&$%*~,,
,,~*%&@###   environment where you could find such  ###@&%*~,,
,,~*%$@###  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   ###@$%*~,,
,,,,~*%$&&            reptiles or graves.           &&$%*~,,,,
,,,,,,*$&@                                          @&$*,,,,,,
,,~*%$&@##  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@@#                                          #@@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@##              ~#~    ,    ~#~             ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,,,,*$@                                          @$*,,,,,,,
,,~*%$&@##  often created in good faith, a basement ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$$$$&  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   &$$$$%*~,,
,,,,,,*$&#   into your building, and cave things    #&$*,,,,,,
,,,,~~~%%& with it. i've found that it's easier to  &%%~~~,,,,
,,,,~*%%&#   think of all caves as the same large   #&%%*~,,,,
,,,,~~%&&&   structure, it's just that all parts    &&&%~~,,,,
,,,,**%$$&    might not be physically connected.    &$$%**,,,,
,,,,,*%&@@      that's what you're inviting in.     @@&%*,,,,,
,,~*%$&&@#                                          #@&&$%*~,,
,,,,,~**$@                 ,      ,                 @$**~,,,,,
,,,,****$@            ~#~ , usages , ~#~            @$****,,,,
,,~*%$&@##                 ,      ,                 ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@##                                          ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,,,,~%&  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  #@&%**~,,,
,,~*%$&@##                building.                 ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@##                                          ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,*%%&@#  to draw from the earth around it, push  #@&%%*,,,,
,,~*%$&@##         above ground, laundered.         ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,~%%%%&                                          &%%%%~,,,,
,,~*%$&@##    a cellar is a more senseful affair,   ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@##   less intense... made to store things   ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,,,*$&@    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    @&$*,,,,,,
,,~*%$&@##  environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. ##@&$%*~,,
,,~*%$&@##  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  ##@&$%*~,,
,,,,~%$&@@                 advised)                 @@&$%~,,,,
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