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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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##@¤$†^~~¨ OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT ¨~~^†$¤@##
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
@¤$†^~~¨¨¨ INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS ¨¨¨~~^†$¤@
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##@¤$†^~~¨ THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE ¨~~^†$¤@##
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
@¤$†^~~¨¨¨ MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED. ¨¨¨~~^†$¤@
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN. ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
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#@¤$†^~~¨¨ THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
@¤$†^~~¨¨¨ HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES, ¨¨¨~~^†$¤@
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
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#@¤$†^~~¨¨ BUILDING. ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
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#@¤$†^~~¨¨ TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
##@¤$†^~~¨ ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. ¨~~^†$¤@##
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@¤$†^~~¨¨¨ A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR, ¨¨¨~~^†$¤@
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
##@¤$†^~~¨ (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER ¨~~^†$¤@##
#@¤$†^~~¨¨ ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. ¨¨~~^†$¤@#
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