human
Write a brief description of a dreary scene inside a building basement with steps, tools, and blocks.
assistant
Bricks, shovels, lime and mortar are piled near a bench with other mason's tools, and a stack of smoothly-cut blocks eclipses the basement's rusticated facade. Additional space opens to the south, and a crude stairway climbs upward on dimpled steps which look like a blind man attacked them with a pick.