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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. #@#§§:=-..
.-=:§§#@## ##@#§§:=-.
..-=:§§#@# =#= . =#= #@#§§:=-..
...-=:§§#@ @#§§:=-...
....-=:§§# 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. :=-.......
......-=:§ §:=-......
.....-=:§§ 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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