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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 ,,,,^^-=§@
#&&=\\--^,                 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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