#@%%:«.,,,                                          ,,,.«:%%@#
##@%%:«.,,                                          ,,.«:%%@##
###@%%:«.,                                          ,.«:%%@###
##@%%:«.,,                                          ,,.«:%%@##
#@%%:«.,,,                                          ,,,.«:%%@#
@%%:«.,,,,                     #                    ,,,,.«:%%@
%%:«.,,,,,   ,              ,««««,               ,  ,,,,,.«:%%
%:«.,,,,,, , %««   «%@  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)                 ,,.«:%%@##
#@%%:«.,,,                                          ,,,.«:%%@#
@%%:«.,,,,                                          ,,,,.«:%%@
%%:«.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.«:%%
%:«.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.«:%
:«.,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,.«: