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,-==%%#### , %== =%# THE BASEMENT #%= ==%% , ####%%==-,
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,-==%%%%%# THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN #%%%%%==-,
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,-==%%#### 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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,-==%%#### THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO ####%%==-,
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,,,-===%%# INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR #%%===-,,,
,,,,-=%%## TO HIDE THE TRUE WEIGHT (PURPOSE?) OF A ##%%=-,,,,
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,-==%%#### 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. ####%%==-,
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