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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,   #.##...#..
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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  ....#...##
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###.......  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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