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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 , «#«            #¤§§^^=«^,
,,,,,,«=§¤                 ,      ,                 ¤§=«,,,,,,
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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  ###¤§^=«^,
,,,«««=§¤#                 advised)                 #¤§=«««,,,
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