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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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@@§@::^,,,              ~#~    ,    ~#~             ,,,^::@§@@
§§†††~,,,,                                          ,,,,~†††§§
##@§@†:~^, 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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