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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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,,~/*&£###            ~#~ , 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  ####£*/~,,
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