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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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,,,^-††%%¤              -#-    ,    -#-             ¤%%††-^,,,
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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  #%%-^,,,,,
,^-†††%%%#                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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