human
Make a concise location description of a depressing scene outside a wilderness volcano with a bird and a road.
assistant
A raw, new road, scratched from the hard black rock of the hills and mountains, runs straight along from southeast to northwest. Dead trees, charred to short stumps, form a dismal grove to one side of the pathway. Up among the barren mounds of ash and cinders, something dislodges a small shower of stones that clatter loudly in the silent air. A startled bird rises in uneven flight from behind a row of boulders, screeching its outrage and terror at being disturbed.