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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.           ¨-=†=&&¶##
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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  ¨¨¨--††&¶¶
###¶&=†=-¨                 advised)                 ¨-=†=&¶###
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