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,~«=*&####                                          ####&*=«~,
,~«=*&§###                                          ###§&*=«~,
,,,~==&&§#                                          #§&&==~,,,
,~«=*&&&&#                                          #&&&&*=«~,
,~«=*&§###                    #                     ###§&*=«~,
,~~«««*§§#   ,              ,««««,               ,  #§§*«««~~,
,~«=*&§### , *««   «*§  the basement  §*«   ««** ,  ###§&*=«~,
,,~«««=*&#  ,   «#«     ,««««««««««,     «#«    ,   #&*=«««~,,
,~«=*&§###                    #                     ###§&*=«~,
,~«=*&§###                                          ###§&*=«~,
,,,~~=&§§§ 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.  ###§&*=«~,
,,,,,~=**§                                          §**=~,,,,,
,~~««**&&§              «#«    ,    «#«             §&&**««~~,
,,,,~==**§                                          §**==~,,,,
,~«=*&§### 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.     ####§&*=«~
,~««««=**§                                          §**=««««~,
,,,,«««=&#                 ,      ,                 #&=«««,,,,
,~«=*&§###            «#« , 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.                ###§&*=«~,
,~«=*&§###                                          ###§&*=«~,
,,,,««=*§#  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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,~«=*****§                                          §*****=«~,