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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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