human
Write a brief description of a spooky scene outside the woods with trees, a root, and lichens.
assistant
Trees grow so densely within the fastness of the forest, the origin of the boughs overhead is practically indistinguishable from one massive bole to the next. The crisscrossed canopy shades everything beneath them with deep shadow. Here and there, lacy-edged lichens frill the edge of a rock or up-thrust root with their ivory toned growth, casting a supernatural luminescence in the darkness.