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-~*†$£@###   ,              ,~~~~,               ,  ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##  , †~~   ~†£  the basement  £†~   ~~†† , ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###  ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,   ###@£$†*~-
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,-~*†$£@## the basement is a man-made subterranean  ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###   environment where you could find such  ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###            reptiles or graves.           ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##                                          ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##                                          ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##                                          ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###  often created in good faith, a basement ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###   into your building, and cave things    ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##  with it. i've found that it's easier to ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###   think of all caves as the same large   ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##    structure, it's just that all parts   ##@£$†*~-,
-~*†$£@###    might not be physically connected.    ###@£$†*~-
,-~*†$£@##      that's what you're inviting in.     ##@£$†*~-,
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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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