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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. #¤¤*:=-...
....--=*¤¤ ¤¤*=--....
.-=:**¤@## TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH ##@¤**:=-.
.-=:**¤@## ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. ##@¤**:=-.
.-=:****¤# #¤****:=-.
.....=**¤¤ 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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