,,~†%&@#@#                                          #@#@&%†~,,
,,,,,~%&@#                                          #@&%~,,,,,
,,,,††%@@@                                          @@@%††,,,,
,,,,,,,†&#                                          #&†,,,,,,,
,,~†%&@#@#                                          #@#@&%†~,,
,,~†%&@#@#                     #                    #@#@&%†~,,
,,~†%&@#@#   ,              ,~~~~,               ,  #@#@&%†~,,
,,~†%&@#@#  , %~~   ~%@  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)                 @@@&†~,,,,
,,~†%&@#@#                                          #@#@&%†~,,
,,~†%&@#@#                                          #@#@&%†~,,
,,,,,,,~%@                                          @%~,,,,,,,
,,~†%@#@##                                          ##@#@%†~,,
,,~†%&@###                                          ###@&%†~,,