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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.     #####@*=,,
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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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