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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  ,,=//***§@
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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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