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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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.^=/%%%**@              =#=    .    =#=             @**%%%/=^.
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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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.^=/%*§@##         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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