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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.      @#%%%%:~^,
,^~:%%%§§#                                          #§§%%%:~^,
,,,^~~%%##                 ,      ,                 ##%%~~^,,,
,,,~~~%%##            ~#~ , 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.                 ##@#§%:~^,
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,^~:%§@###  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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