,,,,&,&,,&                                          ,,,&&&,,,&
,,,&&&&,&&                                          ,,&,,&,,&&
,,&,,,&&,,                                          ,&&,&&,&,&
,&&,,&,&,,                                          &,&&,&&&&&
&,&,&&&&,&                                          &&,&&,,,,&
&&&&,,,&&,                    #                     ,&&,&,,,&,
,,,&,,&,&,   ,              ,----,               ,  &,&&&,,&&&
,,&&,&&&&,  , †--   -†&  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)                 &&&&&&,,&&
&&&,&,,&&,                                          ,,,,,&,&,,
,,&&&,&,&&                                          ,,,,&&&&,&
,&,,&&&&,,                                          ,,,&,,,&&&
&&,&,,,&,&                                          ,,&&,,&,,&
,&&&,,&&&,                                          ,&,&,&&,&,