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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.      #####§†~,,
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,,~†§$####            ~#~ , usages , ~#~            ####$§†~,,
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,,~†§$####  the purpose of a basement is often to   ####$§†~,,
,,~†§$####   hide unsightly appliances, engines,    ####$§†~,,
,,,,††$$##  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ##$$††,,,,
,,,,~~§§$#  to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a #$§§~~,,,,
,,,,~§§§$#                 building.                #$§§§~,,,,
,,,,,~†$##                                          ##$†~,,,,,
,,~†§$####  to draw from the earth around it, push  ####$§†~,,
,,~††§§###         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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