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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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,,,,-**%## 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 ##@#%**-.,
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,,,,,.-*## ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. ##*-.,,,,,
,.-**%#@## PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT ##@#%**-.,
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