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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.            .~«/*%¤@##
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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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##@¤%*/«~.            «#« . 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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