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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.  #@$$$=~...
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.~=†$$§@##             =#=    .    =#=              ##@§$$†=~.
....~††$§#                                          #§$††~....
.~=†$$§@## 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.     ##@§$$†=~.
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.~=†$$@###            =#= . usages . =#=            ###@$$†=~.
.~=$$§@###                 .      .                 ###@§$$=~.
.~=†$$§###                                          ###§$$†=~.
.~=†$§@###   the purpose of a basement is often to  ###@§$†=~.
.~=†$$§@##    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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