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¨-~~~†*§&@                                          @&§*†~~~-¨
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¨-~†***§@#                                          #@§***†~-¨
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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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