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.....^~**§ . *~~   ~*&  the basement  &*~   ~~** .  §**~^.....
....^~**§&   .   ~#~     .~~~~~~~~~~.     ~#~    .  &§**~^....
...^~**§&£                     #                    £&§**~^...
..^~**§&£#                                          #£&§**~^..
.^~**§&£##  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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