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$†~,......  . $~~   ~$£  the basement  £$~   ~~$$ . ......,~†$
$$†~,.....   .   ~#~     .~~~~~~~~~~.     ~#~    .  .....,~†$$
£$$†~,....                     #                    ....,~†$$£
#£$$†~,...                                          ...,~†$$£#
##£$$†~,..  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.     ....,~†$$£
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##£$$†~,..                 .      .                 ..,~†$$£##
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##£$$†~,..                 .      .                 ..,~†$$£##
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£$$†~,....   the purpose of a basement is often to  ....,~†$$£
$$†~,.....    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   .....,~†$$
$†~,......  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ......,~†$
†~,....... to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  .......,~†
~,........                building.                 ........,~
,.........                                          .........,
..........  to draw from the earth around it, push  ..........
,.........         above ground, laundered.         .........,
~,........                                          ........,~
†~,.......   a cellar is a more senseful affair,    .......,~†
$†~,......   less intense... made to store things   ......,~†$
$$†~,.....    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    .....,~†$$
£$$†~,....  environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. ....,~†$$£
#£$$†~,...  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  ...,~†$$£#
##£$$†~,..                 advised)                 ..,~†$$£##
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