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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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##@&§%:«^.                 .      .                 .^«:%§&@##
##@&§%:«^.            «#« . 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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