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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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