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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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@#%==-,...              -#-    .    -#-             ...,-==%#@
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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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