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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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#.#.#.#.#.             ~#~    .    ~#~              #.#.##.#..
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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.                 #.#..#.#.#
#.#.#.#.#.                                          #.#.##.#..
#.#.#.#.#.  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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