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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.         &%%%†:,,,,
,:~†*%&###                                          ###&%*†~:,
,:~†*%####   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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