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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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