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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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###@%%†~^.            ~#~ . 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  ......~%%#
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