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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   §^/:::....
.....~/$§# With It. I'Ve Found That It'S Easier To  #§$/~.....
.:~/^$§@##   Think Of All Caves As The Same Large   ##@§$^/~:.
.:~/^$§@##   Structure, It'S Just That All Parts    ##@§$^/~:.
....:://$§    Might Not Be Physically Connected.    §$//::....
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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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.:~/^$§###    A Cellar Is A More Senseful Affair,   ###§$^/~:.
.:~/^$§###   Less Intense... Made To Store Things   ###§$^/~:.
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.:~/^$§@##  Perhaps To Bury Corrupt Creatures (Not  ##@§$^/~:.
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