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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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##@§=:~.,, 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 , ~#~            ,,,,,,,,.~
:~.,,,,,,,                 ,      ,                 ,,,,,,,.~:
=:~.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.~:=
§=:~.,,,,,   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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