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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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@*::««~~~.            «#« . 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  .~««:::*@#
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