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¨¨¨^-=%*£#  ¨              ¨----¨               ¨   #£*%=-^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-=%*£  ¨ %--   -%£  the basement  £%-   --%% ¨ £*%=-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-=%*   ¨   -#-     ¨----------¨     -#-    ¨  *%=-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=%                    #                     %=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=                                          =-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-  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.     %=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=                                          =-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-                 ¨      ¨                 -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^            -#- ¨ 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.                 £*%=-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^-=%*£#                                          #£*%=-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-=%*£#@  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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=                                          =-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨