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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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#@¤§=:~^,,             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ,,^~:=§¤@#
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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.         ,,,,,,^~:=
:~^,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,^~:
~^,,,,,,,,   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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