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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.            ,,,~«*§§@£
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#@£@§§*«~,  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.     ,,~«*§§@£@
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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.                 ,,~«*§§@£@
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@£@§§*«~,,  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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