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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.  #@*-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~*=@§#@#                                          #@#§@=*~-¨
¨-~*=@§#@@             ~#~    ¨    ~#~              @@#§@=*~-¨
¨-~*=@§###                                          ###§@=*~-¨
¨¨¨-~**=@§  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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