human
Produce a detailed written description of a foreboding tavern setting with tables and a fireplace.
assistant
Smoke fills the air, not enough to stifle one's breath but enough to cast ominous shadows. Tables, usually filled with hungry patrons, lay in smoldering pieces. The hearth's mantel is burned through its middle as if the flame had escaped its brick confines. The walls are discolored by scorching save for a spot along one wall where the wood grain still shows through. The damage done to the room seems to have removed all of Penelope Burrows' touches that made this a cheerful place to eat.