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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨~-†^ 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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¨¨¨~-†^£@#   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  ##@£^†-~¨¨
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