,,,,,,\@@#                                          #@@\,,,,,,
,,,,~\\@##                                          ##@\\~,,,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,,,,,\@@@                                          @@@\,,,,,,
,,~\†#@###                    #                     ###@#†\~,,
,,~\†@@###  ,              ,~~~~,               ,   ###@@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@## , †~~   ~†#  the basement  #†~   ~~†† ,  ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@####  ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,   ####@†\~,,
,,,,,,~†##                    #                     ##†~,,,,,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@## 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.  ##††~~,,,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@##             ~#~    ,    ~#~              ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,,,~\†@## 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.     ###†\,,,,,
,,~\†@####                                          ####@†\~,,
,,,,,~†@#@                 ,      ,                 @#@†~,,,,,
,,~\†@#@##            ~#~ , usages , ~#~            ##@#@†\~,,
,,~\†@@@##                 ,      ,                 ##@@@†\~,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,,,,~\†#@   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  #†~,,,,,,,
,,~\†@#@##                 advised)                 ##@#@†\~,,
,,,,,,~\†#                                          #†\~,,,,,,
,,~\†@#@##                                          ##@#@†\~,,
,,,,~\†@#@                                          @#@†\~,,,,
,,,,~††††#                                          #††††~,,,,
,,~\†@@###                                          ###@@†\~,,