human
Produce a detailed written description of a spooky scene outside of a forest with gnarled trees and a spruce tree.
assistant
The trees bend in over the slim pathway, casting it deep in shade. Gnarled knotholes peering down through the bristly canopy of a fat spruce tree seem to watch every movement. Shrill cries, unlike those heard farther south, pierce the dusky veil and seem to resonate in one's bones.