human
Make a concise location description of a melancholy scene outside town with a stone spire.
assistant
In the quiet of the evening hours, the sounds of the city's waterwheels carry clearly into the area without the sound of the daytime masses to drown them out. Glimmers of light reflect off the silver characters of the tall stone spire in the center of the intersection. A few desultory travelers trudge southward to East Valley Road, moving deeper into the outer city.