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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.            &,,&,&,,&,
&&&&,,,&,,                                          &&,&&&&,&&
,,,,&,,&&,  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ,,&&,,,&&,
,,,,&&,&,&                                          &,&,&,,&,&
&,,,&,&&&&             ~#~    ,    ~#~              &&&&&&,&&&
,&,,&&&,,,                                          &,,,,,&&,,
,&&,&,,&,,  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 , ~#~            &,&,,,&&&&
,&&,,&&,,&                 ,      ,                 &&&&,,&,,,
,&,&,&,&,&                                          &,,,&,&&,,
,&&&&&&&&&  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.                 ,,&,&,&,,&
,,&&,&,,,,                                          &,&&&&&&,&
&,&,&&&,,,  to draw from the earth around it, push  &&&,,,,,&&
,&&&&,,&,,         above ground, laundered.         &,,&,,,,&,
,&,,,&,&&,                                          &&,&&,,,&&
&&&,,&&&,&   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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