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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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¨¨¨¨^†††$@   hide unsightly appliances, engines,    @$†††^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†%$@@@#  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  #@@@$%†=^¨
¨^=†%$@@@#  to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a #@@@$%†=^¨
¨^=†%$@@@#                 building.                #@@@$%†=^¨
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¨^=†%$@@@@  to draw from the earth around it, push  @@@@$%†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=%$@         above ground, laundered.         @$%=¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^=†%$@@@@    a cellar is a more senseful affair,   @@@@$%†=^¨
¨^=†%$@@@#   less intense... made to store things   #@@@$%†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^†$@@    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    @@$†^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^=†%%%$$@  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  @$$%%%†=^¨
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