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#@#§*^†~~,                                          ,~~†^*§#@#
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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.         ,~~†^*#@##
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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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