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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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\=~,,,,,,,  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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