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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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##§§§=~...             ~#~    .    ~#~              ...~=§§§##
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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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