,~«*†@§£##                                          ##£§@†*«~,
,,~«*†@§£#                                          #£§@†*«~,,
,,,~«*†@§£                                          £§@†*«~,,,
,,~«*†@§£#                                          #£§@†*«~,,
,~«*†@§£##                                          ##£§@†*«~,
,,~«*†@§£#                     #                    #£§@†*«~,,
,,,~«*†@§£   ,              ,««««,               ,  £§@†*«~,,,
,,~«*†@§£# , †««   «†§  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)                 #£§@†*«~,,
,~«*†@§£##                                          ##£§@†*«~,
,,~«*†@§£#                                          #£§@†*«~,,
,,,~«*†@§£                                          £§@†*«~,,,
,,~«*†@§£#                                          #£§@†*«~,,
,~«*†@§£##                                          ##£§@†*«~,