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#§§§§=†=:¨                                          ¨:=†=§§§§#
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#@#§§=†=:¨                                          ¨:=†=§§#@#
#§=†=:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:=†=§#
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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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§§==††=:¨¨                                          ¨¨:=††==§§