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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 $/~.......
........~/   Think Of All Caves As The Same Large   /~........
.........~   Structure, It'S Just That All Parts    ~.........
..........    Might Not Be Physically Connected.    ..........
..........      That'S What You'Re Inviting In.     ..........
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.........~  The Purpose Of A Basement Is Often To   ~.........
........~/    Hide Unsightly Appliances, Engines,   /~........
.......~/$  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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