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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  @§†††^:¨¨¨
¨:-^†£§@@#                 advised)                 #@@§£†^-:¨
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