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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.      @$$;--,,,,
,,,,,--;$$                                          $$;--,,,,,
,,,,,,--;$                 ,      ,                 $;--,,,,,,
,,,,,,,--;            -#- , usages , -#-            ;--,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,--                 ,      ,                 --,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,--;                                          ;--,,,,,,,
,,,,,,--;$   the purpose of a basement is often to  $;--,,,,,,
,,,,,--;$$    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.         £@$$;--,,,
,,,,--;$$@                                          @$$;--,,,,
,,,,,--;$$    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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