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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.  ##£$*=«~,,
,,,~«=*$£#                                          #£$*=«~,,,
,,,,~«=*$£             «#«    ,    «#«              £$*=«~,,,,
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,,,,,,~«=* often created in good faith, a basement  *=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«=   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  =«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~«    into your building, and cave things   «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~  with it. i've found that it's easier to ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,   think of all caves as the same large   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~   structure, it's just that all parts    ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~«    might not be physically connected.    «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«=     that's what you're inviting in.      =«~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~«=*$                 ,      ,                 $*=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=*$£            «#« , 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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