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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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.,~*^^%£##  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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