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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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.....«==&&   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  @&=«......
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