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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.            &*~^......
.^~**%&###                                          ###&%**~^.
.^~**%&###  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.                &%**~~^...
....~~**&&                                          &&**~~....
...^~*%&##  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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