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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 . «#«            @&$*/«:...
..:«/*$&@#                 .      .                 #@&$*/«:..
.:«/*$&@##                                          ##@&$*/«:.
..:«/*$&@#  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.         ##@&$*/«:.
..:«/*$&@#                                          #@&$*/«:..
...:«/*$&@   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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