human
Create a gloomy scene outside a hill with a thicket and a quagmire.
assistant
Be it rain or snow melt, the ground is so pitched that rapid runoff creates a quagmire at the base of this hill. Climbing this slope in foul weather can prove treacherous, as attested to by numerous deep rivulets. All the water disappears beneath a formidable thicket which blocks further passage down the slope.