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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.         .~«/†§#@##
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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  .~«/†§#@@#
####§†/«~.                 advised)                 .~«/†§####
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