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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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#@#@*:~~¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨~~:*@#@#
@#@*:~~¨¨¨ ~#~ ¨ USAGES ¨ ~#~ ¨¨¨~~:*@#@
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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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