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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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###††\\~-. 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. .-~\†*####
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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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