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#@&*†\=,,,                                          ,,,=\†*&@#
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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.  ,,,,,,,,,=
\=,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,=\
†\=,,,,,,,             =#=    ,    =#=              ,,,,,,,=\†
*†\=,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,=\†*
&*†\=,,,,,  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.                 ,,,,,,=\†*
&*†\=,,,,,                                          ,,,,,=\†*&
@&*†\=,,,,  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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