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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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§§$$%~~~:.  the purpose of a basement is often to   .:~~~%$$§§
##@§$%\~:.    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   .:~\%$§@##
##@§$%\~:.  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  .:~\%$§@##
@$$%~~::.. to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ..::~~%$$@
§%\\~:....                 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  ...:~\%%§§
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