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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   ¶§*=†«-...
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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  †«-.......
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