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The basement.That was the name given to the lowest and largest level of the Iacon Clinic and Triage Facility.To many, it was a name that underscored the sometimes servile nature of the caste system, a relegation of untold numbers to spark-numbing tasks of banal importance.  A consideration shared by those of the higher castes, of course.To others, it was a symbol of punishment for sins against the established order or of transgressions for acting above and beyond one's station.But, despite the surrounding stigma, the actual structure of "the basement" was far from foreboding.At least as far as Ratchet's sensibilities were concerned.From th...