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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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.^«;^&§§§#  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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......^;&#  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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