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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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¨,~=†$¤@##  the purpose of a basement is often to   ##@¤$†=~,¨
¨,~=†$¤@##    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   ##@¤$†=~,¨
¨¨¨¨,===$@  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  @$===,¨¨¨¨
¨~=†$¤@### to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ###@¤$†=~¨
¨,~=†$¤@##                 building.                ##@¤$†=~,¨
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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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