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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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#@#&¤*=~^. 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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