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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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