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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.    .....^«*@#
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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  .^«**§@###
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