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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  ¨¨¨¨^*%@##
@@%†~~^¨¨¨                 Advised)                 ¨¨¨^~~†%@@
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