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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.                ^-/$§@####
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##@§$/-^¨¨  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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