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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 ###@*^†-,.
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.,-†^*@###   Think Of All Caves As The Same Large   ###@*^†-,.
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.,-†^*@###  The Purpose Of A Basement Is Often To   ###@*^†-,.
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.....-††*#  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  #@^†-,,,..
.,-†^*####         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    ###@*^†-,.
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