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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~  ¨ *~~   ~*£  the basement  £*~   ~~** ¨ ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨   ~#~     ¨~~~~~~~~~~¨     ~#~    ¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                     #                    ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/                                          /~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/*  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.      ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/                                          /~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~/*                 ¨      ¨                 */~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~/*@            ~#~ ¨ 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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