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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 ¨ =#=            #@¶#&%†=,¨
¨,=†%&#¶@#                 ¨      ¨                 #@¶#&%†=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,†&¶¶                                          ¶¶&†,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=†%%%%%#  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.         @@¶#&%†=,¨
¨,=†%&#¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶#&%†=,¨
¨,=†%&#¶##   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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