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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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