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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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#§§§^=....                 .      .                 ....=^§§§#
##§§§^=...            =#= . 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.                ........=^
§^=.......                                          .......=^§
§§^=......  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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