,^~=§%#@##                                          ##@#%§=~^,
,,^~=§%#@#                                          #@#%§=~^,,
,,,^~=§%#@                                          @#%§=~^,,,
,,^~=§%#@#                                          #@#%§=~^,,
,^~=§%#@##                                          ##@#%§=~^,
,,^~=§%#@#                     #                    #@#%§=~^,,
,,,^~=§%#@   ,              ,~~~~,               ,  @#%§=~^,,,
,,^~=§%#@# , §~~   ~§#  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)                 #@#%§=~^,,
,^~=§%#@##                                          ##@#%§=~^,
,,^~=§%#@#                                          #@#%§=~^,,
,,,^~=§%#@                                          @#%§=~^,,,
,,^~=§%#@#                                          #@#%§=~^,,
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