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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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