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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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