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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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#@%†\-,,,,              -#-    ,    -#-             ,,,,-\†%@#
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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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