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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 , «#«            ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~«                 ,      ,                 «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«*                                          *«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~«**  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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