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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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§**†==....   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 .,==†*§#@#
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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    .,==††*§##
§§**†===,.  environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms. .,===†**§§
#@#§*†==,.  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  .,==†*§#@#
#@#§*†==,.                 advised)                 .,==†*§#@#
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