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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  ###§£%†=-.
..-=†%£§##                 advised)                 ##§£%†=-..
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