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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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,,,:«==*££              «#«    ,    «#«             ££*==«:,,,
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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.                #££*==«:,,
,,,:«==*££                                          ££*==«:,,,
,,,,:«==*£  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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