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##@£§%*~:.   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    ..:~*%§£@#
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#@£§%*~:..   Think Of All Caves As The Same Large   ..:~*%§£@#
@£§%*~:...   Structure, It'S Just That All Parts    ...:~*%§£@
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##@£§%*~:.   The Purpose Of A Basement Is Often To  .:~*%§£@##
#@£§%*~:..   Hide Unsightly Appliances, Engines,    ..:~*%§£@#
@£§%*~:...  Infrastructure (Pipes And Wells)... Or  ...:~*%§£@
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§%*~:.....  To Draw From The Earth Around It, Push  .....:~*%§
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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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