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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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