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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.           @¶@%†~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~†%@¶@#                                          #@¶@%†~^¨¨
¨^~†%@¶@##  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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¨¨^~†%@¶@#                 ¨      ¨                 #@¶@%†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†%@¶@            ~#~ ¨ 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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