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¨¨~«*%$¤@#  ¨              ¨««««¨               ¨   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@ ¨ %««   «%¤  the basement  ¤%«   ««%% ¨  @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#   ¨   «#«     ¨««««««««««¨     «#«    ¨  #@¤$%*«~¨¨
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¨¨~«*%$¤@#                                          #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@ the basement is a man-made subterranean  @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#  environment where you could find such   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##   things as the furnace, the labyrinth,  ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#           reptiles or graves.            #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@                                          @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##                                          ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#             «#«    ¨    «#«              #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@                                          @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@# often created in good faith, a basement  #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#    into your building, and cave things   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@  with it. i've found that it's easier to @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#   think of all caves as the same large   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##    structure, it's just that all parts   ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#    might not be physically connected.    #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@     that's what you're inviting in.      @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#                                          #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##                 ¨      ¨                 ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#            «#« ¨ usages ¨ «#«            #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@                 ¨      ¨                 @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#                                          #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##   the purpose of a basement is often to  ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@# to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##                building.                 ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#                                          #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@  to draw from the earth around it, push  @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#         above ground, laundered.         #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##                                          ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#    a cellar is a more senseful affair,   #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@   less intense... made to store things   @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨~«*%$¤@##  environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. ##@¤$%*«~¨
¨¨~«*%$¤@#  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  #@¤$%*«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«*%$¤@                 advised)                 @¤$%*«~¨¨¨
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