human
Produce a detailed written description of a suspenseful scene outside a canyon with ash pole, steps, handrail, and pebbles.
assistant
Smooth white pebbles give way to neatly-chiseled granite steps angling steeply upward, flanked by an ash pole wrapped in strips of leather that has been staked into the loamy walls to provide a crude handrail. The barest hint of incense moves through the air, though the darkness above yields no hint of the delicate scent's origin.