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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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.#.#.#.#.#             ~#~    .    ~#~              #.#.#.#.##
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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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