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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 . ~#~            ##¶&@*†~,.
.,~†*@&&&#                 .      .                 #&&&@*†~,.
...,††*@&#                                          #&@*††,...
.,~†***@¶#   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.         ##¶&@*†~,.
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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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