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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.                 #@*^=~^...
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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  ##@*^=~^..
.^~=^*@###                 Advised)                 ###@*^=~^.
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