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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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