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,,~/^*§§§#                                          #§§§*^/~,,
,,,,,/^§§#                                          #§§^/,,,,,
,,~/^*§###                                          ###§*^/~,,
,,~^*§####                                          ####§*^~,,
,,,,,/***§                     #                    §***/,,,,,
,,~/^*§###   ,              ,~~~~,               ,  ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###  , ^~~   ~^§  the basement  §^~   ~~^^ , ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###   ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,  ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^^**##                     #                    ##**^^/~,,
,,~/^*§###                                          ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###  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.  #§*^//,,,,
,,,,,,~/^§                                          §^/~,,,,,,
,,~/^*§###             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###                                          ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###  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.      #**/,,,,,,
,,,,/^^*##                                          ##*^^/,,,,
,,~/^*§###                 ,      ,                 ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###            ~#~ , usages , ~#~            ###§*^/~,,
,,~/^*§###                 ,      ,                 ###§*^/~,,
,,,,~/***#                                          #***/~,,,,
,,~/^*§###  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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