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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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..-~\=$@£# The Purpose Of A Basement Is Often To #£@$=\~-..
.-~\=$@£## Hide Unsightly Appliances, Engines, ##£@$=\~-.
..-~\=$@£# Infrastructure (Pipes And Wells)... Or #£@$=\~-..
...-~\=$@£ To Hide The True Weight (Purpose?) Of A £@$=\~-...
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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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