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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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,-«/†%@###                 ,      ,                 ###@%†/«-,
,-«/†%@###            «#« , 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.                ###@%†/«-,
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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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