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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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@§§*=~:...  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  .:~=*§#@##
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