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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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#@#¤$§†-~. often created in good faith, a basement  .~-†§$¤#@#
#@#¤$§†-~.  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   .~-†§$¤#@#
#@#¤$§†-~.   into your building, and cave things    .~-†§$¤#@#
¤$§†--.... with it. i've found that it's easier to  ....--†§$¤
¤$†-~.....   think of all caves as the same large   .....~-†$¤
###¤$§†-~.    structure, it's just that all parts   .~-†§$¤###
#$§§§--~..    might not be physically connected.    ..~--§§§$#
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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 .....-†§¤¤
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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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