human
Write a description of a dreary scene outside a coastal area pier with upper cross-bracing and plank decking.
assistant
The lower joints of the wooden cross-bracing smell like rotted fish and are slippery with bird droppings. Several feet up, the upper cross-bracing runs just below the heavy beams supporting the pier's plank decking. Looking below, the sandy beach emerges from beneath its rocky covering and winds in a lazy arc away from the piling toward a line of trees.