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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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¨-«*^§##@#   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.         ##@#§^*«-¨
¨-«*^§#@##                                          ##@#§^*«-¨
¨-«*^§####    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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