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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 ##¶@%^=-~.
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.~-=^%@¶## 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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.~-=^%@¶## 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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