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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.            .......~=*
§*=~......                                          ......~=*§
*§*=~.....  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.                ....~=*§*£
#£*§*=~...                                          ...~=*§*£#
@#£*§*=~..  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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