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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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,,,,,,,,,,             -#-    ,    -#-              ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 , -#-            @#£%=:-^,,
,,,^-:=%£#                 ,      ,                 #£%=:-^,,,
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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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