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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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