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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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†~,,,,,,,,             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ,,,,,,,,~†
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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 , ~#~            ,,,,~†=&#@
#&=†~,,,,,                 ,      ,                 ,,,,,~†=&#
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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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