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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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#*%%†~....                 .      .                 ....~†%%*#
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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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