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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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