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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 %%;~......
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...~;%%¤@@ To Draw From The Earth Around It, Push @@¤%%;~...
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...~;%%¤@@ 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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