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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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,~/†@§####                                          ####§@†/~,
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,,,~/†@§##                                          ##§@†/~,,,
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