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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.                 ......-~^§
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£@§^~-....  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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