human
Produce a detailed written description of a gloomy town keep scene with an iron-barred gate, stairs, and ice.
assistant
Small piles of pale white snow collect in the corners of the tower's doorway, the pale grey stone glistening with faint moisture. A spiral of stairs slowly ascends the height of the barbican, and distant shafts of light pierce the gloom further upwards. An iron-barred gate guards the base of the winding stairway, the metal bars encased in a thin shell of glistening ice.