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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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