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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.    ##@#£*†-,.
..,-†*£#@#      that's what you're inviting in.     #@#£*†-,..
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.,-†*£#@##            -#- . usages . -#-            ##@#£*†-,.
..,-†*£#@#                 .      .                 #@#£*†-,..
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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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