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#¶@*=:«~¨¨  ¨ =««   «=@  the basement  @=«   ««== ¨ ¨¨~«:=*@¶#
##¶@*=:«~¨  ¨   «#«     ¨««««««««««¨     «#«    ¨   ¨~«:=*@¶##
#¶@*=:«~¨¨                     #                    ¨¨~«:=*@¶#
##¶@*=:«~¨                                          ¨~«:=*@¶##
#¶@*=:«~¨¨  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.  ¨~«:=*@¶##
#¶@*=:«~¨¨                                          ¨¨~«:=*@¶#
##¶@*=:«~¨              «#«    ¨    «#«             ¨~«:=*@¶##
#¶@*=:«~¨¨                                          ¨¨~«:=*@¶#
##¶@*=:«~¨  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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