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