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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 ,,,,::~†@@
###@$†:~:, ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. ,:~:†$@###
@$†:~,,,,, PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT ,,,,,~:†$@
###@$†:~:, ADVISED) ,:~:†$@###
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