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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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@$%^-,,,,,  to draw from the earth around it, push  ,,,,,-^%$@
£@$%^-,,,,         above ground, laundered.         ,,,,-^%$@£
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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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