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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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...«=†§@@#   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  §†=«......
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