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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.           ..........
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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.    ###%%†~,..
.,~†%%####     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.         ..........
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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  ~,........
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