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.^«††$¤###  the basement is a man-made subterranean ###¤$††«^.
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.^«††$$$¤#            reptiles or graves.           #¤$$$††«^.
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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 #¤¤††††«^.
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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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