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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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....~=\%&§   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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