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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.                 @@%$*=....
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..=*$%@@##  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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