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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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###@£†\=~, 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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