.~»^^@&£@# #@£&@^^»~.
.~»^^^@&&& &&&@^^^»~.
.~»^^^^&&@ @&&^^^^»~.
....~»»^@£ £@^»»~....
.~»^^@&£@@ @@£&@^^»~.
.~»^^@@@£@ # @£@@@^^»~.
.~»^^@&@## . .»»»». . ##@&@^^»~.
.~»^^@&£@# . ^»» »^& 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) @@£&@^^»~.
.~»^^@&£## ##£&@^^»~.
...~~^@&££ ££&@^~~...
......»^&& &&^»......
.~»^^@&&£@ @£&&@^^»~.
.~»^^@&@## ##@&@^^»~.