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..,==%$&#@  The Basement Is A Man-Made Subterranean @#&$%==,..
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....,==%$&  Things As The Furnace, The Labyrinth,   &$%==,....
.....,==%$            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  @#&$%==,..
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....,==%$&  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   &$%==,....
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......,==%  Infrastructure (Pipes And Wells)... Or  %==,......
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..,==%$&#@  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.  %==,......
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