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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  ¨¨¨~«««%@#
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