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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.            ¨,=**%###@
####%**=,¨                                          ¨,=**%####
##***,¨¨¨¨  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 ¨ =#=            ¨,=**%####
#@##%**=,¨                 ¨      ¨                 ¨,=**%##@#
#@##%**=,¨                                          ¨,=**%##@#
#@##%**=,¨   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.         ¨,=*%##@##
##***,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,***##
@##****=,¨    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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