.^-:^&&@@# #@@&&^:-^.
.^-:^&&@@@ @@@&&^:-^.
......^-^& &^-^......
.^-:^&&&&@ @&&&&^:-^.
.^-:^&&@@# #@@&&^:-^.
.^-:^&&&@@ # @@&&&^:-^.
.^-:^&&&@@ . .----. . @@&&&^:-^.
.^-:^&&@@# . ^-- -^& 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) ##@@&^:-^.
.^-:::&&@@ @@&&:::-^.
.^-:^&&@@# #@@&&^:-^.
.^-:^^^^^& &^^^^^:-^.
.^^^^-^&@@ @@&^-^^^^.
.^-:^&&&&@ @&&&&^:-^.