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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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.....:-\^% 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. ##¤%^\-:..
...:-\^%¤# #¤%^\-:...
....:-\^%¤ 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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