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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,    #@£=*=-...
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.....-=*=£    (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER    £=*=-.....
......-=*= ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS.  =*=-......
.......-=*  PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT  *=-.......
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