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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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..,-**$@#@                 .      .                 @#@$**-,..
.,-**$@#@#            -#- . usages . -#-            #@#@$**-,.
..,-**$@#@                 .      .                 @#@$**-,..
...,-**$@#                                          #@$**-,...
....,-**$@   the purpose of a basement is often to  @$**-,....
...,-**$@#    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   #@$**-,...
..,-**$@#@  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  @#@$**-,..
.,-**$@#@# to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  #@#@$**-,.
..,-**$@#@                building.                 @#@$**-,..
...,-**$@#                                          #@$**-,...
....,-**$@  to draw from the earth around it, push  @$**-,....
...,-**$@#         above ground, laundered.         #@$**-,...
..,-**$@#@                                          @#@$**-,..
.,-**$@#@#   a cellar is a more senseful affair,    #@#@$**-,.
..,-**$@#@   less intense... made to store things   @#@$**-,..
...,-**$@#    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    #@$**-,...
....,-**$@ environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms.  @$**-,....
...,-**$@#  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  #@$**-,...
..,-**$@#@                 advised)                 @#@$**-,..
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