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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.            ####@†-~..
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..~-†@####  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.         ####@†-~..
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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  ####@†-~..
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