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..~-=†@&@#                                          #@&@†=-~..
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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.  ##@&@†=-~.
..~-=†@&@#                                          #@&@†=-~..
.~-=†@&@##             -#-    .    -#-              ##@&@†=-~.
..~-=†@&@#                                          #@&@†=-~..
.~-=†@&@##  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.     #@&@†=-~..
.~-=†@&@##                                          ##@&@†=-~.
..~-=†@&@#                 .      .                 #@&@†=-~..
.~-=†@&@##            -#- . usages . -#-            ##@&@†=-~.
..~-=†@&@#                 .      .                 #@&@†=-~..
.~-=†@&@##                                          ##@&@†=-~.
..~-=†@&@#  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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