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%§/~,.....                    #                     .....,~/§%
§%§/~,....   .              .~~~~.               .  ....,~/§%§
#§%§/~,...  . §~~   ~§§  the basement  §§~   ~~§§ . ...,~/§%§#
##§%§/~,..   .   ~#~     .~~~~~~~~~~.     ~#~    .  ..,~/§%§##
###§%§/~,.                    #                     .,~/§%§###
##§%§/~,..                                          ..,~/§%§##
#§%§/~,... 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.     ...,~/§%§#
§%§/~,....                                          ....,~/§%§
%§/~,.....                 .      .                 .....,~/§%
§/~,......            ~#~ . 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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