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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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,##,,,###, 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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,,,,,#,,,,   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  ,,#,,,,#,,
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