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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.         ##@§§*^~,.
.,~^*§§@##                                          ##@§§*^~,.
.,~^*§§@##    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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