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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.  ##@¤§^*~^.
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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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..^~*^§¤@#                 .      .                 #@¤§^*~^..
...^~*^§¤@            ~#~ . usages . ~#~            @¤§^*~^...
..^~*^§¤@#                 .      .                 #@¤§^*~^..
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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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