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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  ##@#£§*-^,
,,^-*§£#@#                 advised)                 #@#£§*-^,,
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