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.....~/$$&   .              .====.               .  &$$/~.....
.~=/%%%%$# . %==   =%&  The Basement  &%=   ==%% .  #$%%%%/=~.
.~=/%$&###   .   =#=     .==========.     =#=    .  ###&$%/=~.
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....=/$$&# The Basement Is A Man-Made Subterranean  #&$$/=....
.~=/%$&###  Environment Where You Could Find Such   ###&$%/=~.
.~=/%$&###   Things As The Furnace, The Labyrinth,  ###&$%/=~.
.....~~/$&           Reptiles Or Graves.            &$/~~.....
.....~=%%&                                          &%%=~.....
.~=/%$&###  A Small Or Rural Basement Is A Cellar.  ###&$%/=~.
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.~=/%$&###             =#=    .    =#=              ###&$%/=~.
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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  &&&%==~~..
.....~~/$#                 Advised)                 #$/~~.....
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