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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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#@§£†:=-,,  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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