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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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...~†%£&£@             ~#~    .    ~#~              @£&£%†~...
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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.                 £%†~......
.....~†%£&                                          &£%†~.....
....~†%£&£  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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