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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.            @#§§**†=,,
,,,,,†*§##                                          ##§*†,,,,,
,,=†*§#@##  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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,,,,,††**§                 ,      ,                 §**††,,,,,
,,=†**#@##            =#= , 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.                ###§**†=,,
,,=†**§#@#                                          #@#§**†=,,
,,=†**§#@#  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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