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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 @@%%:~~...
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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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