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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.  ¨^^=*$$%%#
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#@##%$*=^¨             =#=    ¨    =#=              ¨^=*$%##@#
#@##%$*=^¨                                          ¨^=*$%##@#
@#%*^¨¨¨¨¨ often created in good faith, a basement  ¨¨¨¨¨^*%#@
#%*=^¨¨¨¨¨   is nevertheless a way to bring a cave  ¨¨¨¨¨^=*%#
#@##%$*=^¨    into your building, and cave things   ¨^=*$%##@#
@#%$$$*=^¨ with it. i've found that it's easier to  ¨^=*$$$%#@
####%$*=^¨   think of all caves as the same large   ¨^=*$%####
#@##%$*=^¨    structure, it's just that all parts   ¨^=*$%##@#
#%%*^^¨¨¨¨    might not be physically connected.    ¨¨¨¨^^*%%#
@##$***=^¨      that's what you're inviting in.     ¨^=***$##@
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@#$*^^¨¨¨¨                 ¨      ¨                 ¨¨¨¨^^*$#@
@###%$*=^¨            =#= ¨ usages ¨ =#=            ¨^=*$%###@
#@##%$*=^¨                 ¨      ¨                 ¨^=*$%##@#
##@##%*=^¨                                          ¨^=*%##@##
@#$**^^¨¨¨  the purpose of a basement is often to   ¨¨¨^^**$#@
#@##%$*=^¨    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   ¨^=*$%##@#
##%%%$*=^¨  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ¨^=*$%%%##
####%$*=^¨ to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ¨^=*$%####
#@##%$*=^¨                building.                 ¨^=*$%##@#
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##@##%*=^¨  to draw from the earth around it, push  ¨^=*%##@##
#@##%$*=^¨         above ground, laundered.         ¨^=*$%##@#
#@##%$*=^¨                                          ¨^=*$%##@#
#%%$$===^¨   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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