,,,,,,=*@¶ ¶@*=,,,,,,
,,==**@@## ##@@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶¶¶ ¶¶¶@**==,,
,,,,,===*@ @*===,,,,,
,,,,,,,=*@ # @*=,,,,,,,
,,,,==***¶ , ,====, , ¶***==,,,,
,,==**@¶@@ , *== =*@ 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) #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,
,,==**@¶@# #@¶@**==,,