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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.           ,,.«/**&¶@
¶&**/«.,,,                                          ,,,.«/**&¶
@¶&**/«.,,  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.                ,.«/**&¶@#
@¶&**/«.,,                                          ,,.«/**&¶@
¶&**/«.,,,  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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