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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. ###¤@*==^,
,,,,^^==*¤ ¤*==^^,,,,
,,,^^=*¤¤# 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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