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##@&%$†~^.   .              .~~~~.               .  .^~†$%&@##
##@&%$†~^. . $~~   ~$&  the basement  &$~   ~~$$ .  .^~†$%&@##
@&$†~~....   .   ~#~     .~~~~~~~~~~.     ~#~    .  ....~~†$&@
##@&%$†~^.                     #                    .^~†$%&@##
#@%$$~~~^.                                          .^~~~$$%@#
###&%$†~^. the basement is a man-made subterranean  .^~†$%&###
&$~.......  environment where you could find such   .......~$&
&%$$~.....   things as the furnace, the labyrinth,  .....~$$%&
#&&&%$†~^.           reptiles or graves.            .^~†$%&&&#
&&&&%$†~^.                                          .^~†$%&&&&
&&&$†~....  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ....~†$&&&
&$††~~~...                                          ...~~~††$&
@&&%$$†~^.              ~#~    .    ~#~             .^~†$$%&&@
##@&%$†~^.                                          .^~†$%&@##
&$$~~^^^..  often created in good faith, a basement ..^^^~~$$&
##@&%$†~^.   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  .^~†$%&@##
#@@&%$†~^.   into your building, and cave things    .^~†$%&@@#
@%$†~^.... with it. i've found that it's easier to  ....^~†$%@
###@&$†~^.   think of all caves as the same large   .^~†$&@###
##@&%$†~^.   structure, it's just that all parts    .^~†$%&@##
&%†^^^....    might not be physically connected.    ....^^^†%&
@%†~~^^^^.      that's what you're inviting in.     .^^^^~~†%@
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&%$~~.....                 .      .                 .....~~$%&
&&$†^.....            ~#~ . usages . ~#~            .....^†$&&
#&$$~.....                 .      .                 .....~$$&#
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&$~~~.....   the purpose of a basement is often to  .....~~~$&
##@&%$†~^.   hide unsightly appliances, engines,    .^~†$%&@##
###&%$†~^.  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  .^~†$%&###
##@&%$†~^.  to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a .^~†$%&@##
&&&&%$†~^.                 building.                .^~†$%&&&&
&%%$†^....                                          ....^†$%%&
##@&%$†~^.  to draw from the earth around it, push  .^~†$%&@##
@&$†^.....         above ground, laundered.         .....^†$&@
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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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