Clever, clever. Out of sight from any vantage point on the level above, short walls had been set around the fallen ramp. They ensured that the flooding and the wreckage were all contained to one area to sell the illusion, and kept everything else on the lowest level of the basement dry. Cars had been removed, clearing the area for use as an underground base.
“dry”?
Hang on, I gotta look this word up.
- having or characterized by little or no rain: a dry climate; the dry season.
- not yielding milk: a dry cow.
- free from tears: dry eyes.
Oh, okay, that makes sense. Thanks to the walls, this basement level doesn’t produce milk.