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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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