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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.    ##@@@=†«:.
....«†@@@#      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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