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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. ¨~=:%@@@@@
@%::=¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨=::%@
@@@%===~~¨ TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH ¨~~===%@@@
@@@@@%:=~¨ ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. ¨~=:%@@@@@
#@@@@%:=~¨ ¨~=:%@@@@#
#@@@@%:=~¨ 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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