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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 , ~#~            @#^^†::,,,
,,,,,:†^^#                 ,      ,                 #^^†:,,,,,
,,,,,:††§#                                          #§††:,,,,,
,,,,::††§#   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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