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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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$%^=:,,,,,  to draw from the earth around it, push  ,,,,,:=^%$
#$%^=:,,,,         above ground, laundered.         ,,,,:=^%$#
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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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