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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.           ###§§$^-~.
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...~-^$§§#  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.      §§$^-~....
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..~-^$§§##   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  #§§$^-~...
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