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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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