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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  .,~\†£#@##
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###@#†\~,.  to draw from the earth around it, push  .,~\†#@###
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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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