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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.                ..~==§%@##
#@%§==~...                                          ...~==§%@#
@%§==~....  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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