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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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