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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.           #=^-,,,,,,
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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 ###£§=^-^,
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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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