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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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..^^^^=^$¤ OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT ¤$^=^^^^..
.^^^^^^^†¤ 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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.^=^†$$$¤@ THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO @¤$$$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES, #@@¤$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR #@@¤$†^=^.
...^^^†$¤@ TO HIDE THE TRUE WEIGHT (PURPOSE?) OF A @¤$†^^^...
.^=^†$¤@## BUILDING. ##@¤$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# #@@¤$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH #@@¤$†^=^.
.^=†$¤@@## ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. ##@@¤$†=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# #@@¤$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@@# A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR, #@@¤$†^=^.
.^=^†$¤@## LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS ##@¤$†^=^.
...^=^$$¤¤ (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER ¤¤$$^=^...
.^^==^^††¤ ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. ¤††^^==^^.
.^=^†$¤@@# PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT #@@¤$†^=^.
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