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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.     ###&$%\~^,
,,,^~\%%&&                                          &&%%\~^,,,
,^~\%$&###                 ,      ,                 ###&$%\~^,
,^~\%$&###            ~#~ , 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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