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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.      @@@@@§^=~.
.~=^§@@@@@                                          @@@@@§^=~.
.~=^§@@@@#                 .      .                 #@@@@§^=~.
....===§@@            =#= . 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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