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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  ,,«*=£#@@@
##@@£=*«,,                 advised)                 ,,«*=£@@##
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