human
Write a detailed description of a melancholy scene outside a forest with trees and stone pilings.
assistant
Tall, drooping trees form a protective circle around a tiny cove on the riverbank. Scorched pits in the sand mark old campfires screened by the trees from the walls of Shard. The reason for the campsite is obvious -- a row of stone pilings stretches out into the river, providing a way across that avoids the heavily guarded North Gate.