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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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