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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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,,,,,,,,,=              =#=    ,    =#=             =,,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,=*=£&¶                 ,      ,                 ¶&£=*=,,,,
,,,,,=*=£&            =#= , usages , =#=            &£=*=,,,,,
,,,,,,=*=£                 ,      ,                 £=*=,,,,,,
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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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