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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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@,,@,@,@,@              ~#~    ,    ~#~             ,@,@,@,,@,
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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.                 ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@  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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