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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  ,,,.«%&§§@
@&%«.,,,,,                 advised)                 ,,,,,.«%&@
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