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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. .....~~;@@
@@@*;;~... ...~;;*@@@
##@#@*;~^. 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 .^~;*@#@##
@@@;;;;~^. Building. .^~;;;;@@@
@@;^...... ......^;@@
##@#@*;~^. To Draw From The Earth Around It, Push .^~;*@#@##
@@@#@*;~^. Above Ground, Laundered. .^~;*@#@@@
#@@;^^.... ....^^;@@#
##@#@*;~^. 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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