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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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,,,,,,=**#            =#= , usages , =#=            #**=,,,,,,
,,=†**####                 ,      ,                 ####**†=,,
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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  #**†=,,,,,
,,=†**####                 advised)                 ####**†=,,
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