¨--;†§&#@#                                          #@#&§†;--¨
¨--;†§§§&&                                          &&§§§†;--¨
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¨¨----;§§#                                          #§§;----¨¨
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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)                 ##@#&§†--¨
¨--;†§&#@#                                          #@#&§†;--¨
¨--;†§&#@#                                          #@#&§†;--¨
¨¨--;;;††&                                          &††;;;--¨¨
¨--;†§&###                                          ###&§†;--¨
¨--;†§&#@#                                          #@#&§†;--¨