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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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