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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. ##@¤&=\~^.
.^~\=&¤@## ##@¤&=\~^.
.^\=&¤@### A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR. ###@¤&=\^.
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.^~\=&¤@## ~#~ . ~#~ ##@¤&=\~^.
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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. @@&=\\\~^.
.^~\=&¤@## ##@¤&=\~^.
....~=&¤@@ 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 @@@¤&=\~^.
.^~\=&¤@## ADVISED) ##@¤&=\~^.
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