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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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