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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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