human
Write a detailed description of a chilling scene outside a glacier with steps, a dais, and a serpentine figure.
assistant
To the northeast, a flight of steps leads up, so icy that climbing their hazardous incline seems an impossible feat. This platform is totally encased in a frozen sheet that muffles sound and reflects light in a glistening shimmer. Above the treacherous ascent, a ledge is visible - and towering above that, a monstrous, serpentine figure reclines, its head and tail forming a protective curve around the ice-sheathed dais.