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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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