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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 ..........
.........= 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 ¶&¤=*=....
...=*=¤&¶# Advised) #¶&¤=*=...
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