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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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#@@@$%/~^¨            ~#~ ¨ usages ¨ ~#~            ¨^~/%$@@@#
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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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