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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.           ####%%†»^,
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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   ##%†»»,,,,
,^»†%#####    structure, it's just that all parts   #####%†»^,
,^^»†%%%##    might not be physically connected.    ##%%%†»^^,
,^»†%%####     that's what you're inviting in.      ####%%†»^,
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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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