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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.            ,,,,,,-%##
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#@##$%=-,,  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ,,-=%$##@#
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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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###@#$%=-,   the purpose of a basement is often to  ,-=%$#@###
#@#%-,,,,,   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  ,,-=%%%###
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