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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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.^~†%%@#@#              ~#~    .    ~#~             #@#@%%†~^.
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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.                 #%††~^....
.^~†%%@#@#                                          #@#@%%†~^.
.^~~~†%%@@  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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