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.^===$@### . ===   ==@  the basement  @==   ==== .  ###@$===^.
.^===$@###  .   =#=     .==========.     =#=    .   ###@$===^.
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.^===$@#@#  the basement is a man-made subterranean #@#@$===^.
.....^^==@  environment where you could find such   @==^^.....
.^===$@###   things as the furnace, the labyrinth,  ###@$===^.
.^===$@#@#            reptiles or graves.           #@#@$===^.
......===@                                          @===......
....====$@  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  @$====....
.^===$@#@#                                          #@#@$===^.
.^===$@#@#             =#=    .    =#=              #@#@$===^.
....^=$@#@                                          @#@$=^....
.^===$@#@#  often created in good faith, a basement #@#@$===^.
.^===$@@@@   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  @@@@$===^.
.^===$@#@#    into your building, and cave things   #@#@$===^.
.^===$@@#@ with it. i've found that it's easier to  @#@@$===^.
.^=====@#@   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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.^===$@#@#                 .      .                 #@#@$===^.
.^===$@###            =#= . usages . =#=            ###@$===^.
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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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