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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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#@@***=«:¨  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.         ¨¨¨::«*@@@
¶*****=«:¨                                          ¨:«=*****¶
##¶@**=«:¨   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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