,,,,,=†=@&                                          &@=†=,,,,,
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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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