,,,~=***§§                                          §§***=~,,,
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,,,,,=**%@                                          @%**=,,,,,
,~=**%§§§@                                          @§§§%**=~,
,~=**%§@##                     #                    ##@§%**=~,
,,,,~=*§@@   ,              ,====,               ,  @@§*=~,,,,
,,,~~**%%§  , *==   =*§  the basement  §*=   ==** , §%%**~~,,,
,,,~~=*%%@  ,   =#=     ,==========,     =#=    ,   @%%*=~~,,,
,~=**%§@##                    #                     ##@§%**=~,
,,,~=**%@#                                          #@%**=~,,,
,~=**%@###  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.  @§**===,,,
,~=**%§@##                                          ##@§%**=~,
,~=**§@###             =#=    ,    =#=              ###@§**=~,
,,,,,=**§@                                          @§**=,,,,,
,,,~~~~*%§  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.     @%%*==~,,,
,~===***%@                                          @%***===~,
,~=****§@#                 ,      ,                 #@§****=~,
,~=**%§@##            =#= , 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.                 ##@§%**=~,
,,,,,~**§#                                          #§**~,,,,,
,,,,,,=*%§  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)                 #§%%*==,,,
,~=**%§@##                                          ##@§%**=~,
,~=**%§@##                                          ##@§%**=~,
~=**%§@###                                          ###@§%**=~
,~===**§@@                                          @@§**===~,
,~=**%§@##                                          ##@§%**=~,