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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. ##%%%%†~,.
.,~†††%%## ##%%†††~,.
.,~†%%#@@# ~#~ . ~#~ #@@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@@@ @@@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@@@ 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. @@@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@@@ @@@#%%†~,.
.,~†††%##@ . . @##%†††~,.
.,~†%%#@@# ~#~ . USAGES . ~#~ #@@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@## . . ##@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@@@ @@@#%%†~,.
.,~†††%%@@ 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 @###%%†~,.
.,~†%%%%@@ ADVISED) @@%%%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@@# #@@#%%†~,.
.,~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~,.
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