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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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#¶@£%;-^,,             -#-    ,    -#-              ,,^-;%£@¶#
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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.                 ,,,,,,,^-;
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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  ,,,,^-;%£@
£%;-^,,,,,                 advised)                 ,,,,,^-;%£
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