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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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