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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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