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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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....:~†*@¤                 .      .                 ¤@*†~:....
...:~†*@¤#            ~#~ . 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.                 ##¤@*†~:..
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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  #¤@*†~:...
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