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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.  ,,,,,,,,,~
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~,,,,,,,,,             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ,,,,,,,,,~
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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.      ,,,,~*†*#@
#*†*~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~*†*#
*†*~,,,,,,                 ,      ,                 ,,,,,,~*†*
†*~,,,,,,,            ~#~ , 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.                ,,,,,,~*†*
#*†*~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~*†*#
@#*†*~,,,,  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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