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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. ..,-\^%#@#
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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. .....,-\^%
#%^\-,.... ....,-\^%#
@#%^\-,... 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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#%^\-,.... ....,-\^%#
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