###£&@^=.. ..=^@&£###
&&*===.... ....===*&&
£@^....... .......^@£
#££&@*^=.. ..=^*@&££#
&*=....... .......=*&
&&*=...... # ......=*&&
##£&@*^=.. . .====. . ..=^*@&£##
##£&@*^=.. . *== =*& 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) ......=^@&
##£&@*^=.. ..=^*@&£##
&@*^...... ......^*@&
£££&@*^=.. ..=^*@&£££
###£&@*^=. .=^*@&£###
##£&@*^=.. ..=^*@&£##