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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. ¨~~\^^**@#
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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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