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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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