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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.    ...«//†††#
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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  .,«/†*####
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##**/««...  to draw from the earth around it, push  ...««/**##
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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  .,«/†*####
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