¨-=†^@&@##                                          ##@&@^†=-¨
¨¨-=†^@&@#                                          #@&@^†=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=†^@&@                                          @&@^†=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=†^@&                                          &@^†=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-=†^@                                          @^†=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=†^                    #                     ^†=-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=†   ¨              ¨====¨               ¨  †=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=†^ ¨ ^==   =^&  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)                 #@&@^†=-¨¨
¨-=†^@&@##                                          ##@&@^†=-¨
¨¨-=†^@&@#                                          #@&@^†=-¨¨
¨¨¨-=†^@&@                                          @&@^†=-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-=†^@&                                          &@^†=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-=†^@                                          @^†=-¨¨¨¨¨