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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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.~«†§§¤@##            «#« . 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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