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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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.:~^§§¤@## 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 ¤§§^~:....
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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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