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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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..--\$%¤@@ Is Nevertheless A Way To Bring A Cave @@¤%$\--..
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....--\$%¤ With It. I'Ve Found That It'S Easier To ¤%$\--....
.....--\$% 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 #@@¤%$\--.
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...--\$%¤@ @¤%$\--...
....--\$%¤ 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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