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¨^-/%$#### the basement is a man-made subterranean  ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####  environment where you could find such   ####$%/-^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-/$#  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   #$/-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^/$#           reptiles or graves.            #$/^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^-/%$####  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ####$%/-^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨-%%# often created in good faith, a basement  #%%-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^-/%$####  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####   into your building, and cave things    ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####  with it. i've found that it's easier to ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####   think of all caves as the same large   ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####    structure, it's just that all parts   ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$$###    might not be physically connected.    ###$$%/-^¨
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¨^-/%$####  the purpose of a basement is often to   ####$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$$###   hide unsightly appliances, engines,    ###$$%/-^¨
¨^-/%$####  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ####$%/-^¨
¨^----/$$# to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  #$$/----^¨
¨^-/%$####                 building.                ####$%/-^¨
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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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