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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.  #@##%$†~,,
,,,,,††%%#                                          #%%††,,,,,
,,~†$%#@##             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ##@#%$†~,,
,,,,~†$##@                                          @##$†~,,,,
,,~†$%##@#  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.     ##@##%$†~,
,,~†$%####                                          ####%$†~,,
,,~†$%##@#                 ,      ,                 #@##%$†~,,
,,~†$%#@##            ~#~ , usages , ~#~            ##@#%$†~,,
,,,,†$%%%#                 ,      ,                 #%%%$†,,,,
,,~†$%##@#                                          #@##%$†~,,
,,~†$%##@#   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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