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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,   ###@§**-^.
..^-**§@##   Less Intense... Made To Store Things   ##@§**-^..
...^-**§@#    (Food Or Brews, Tools) In A Colder    #@§**-^...
....^-**§@ Environment. Perhaps To Grow Mushrooms.  @§**-^....
.....^-**§  Perhaps To Bury Corrupt Creatures (Not  §**-^.....
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