human
Compose a short description of a depressing scene outside a volcano with fissures, ledges, bushes, and rock.
assistant
Scraggly bushes cling to crevices in the dark glassy volcanic rock, creating a tenuous habitat for the hardy wildlife struggling to make this barren land its home. Tiny scrapings of sharp claws digging into the rock can be heard skittering from hiding places in ledges above to havens in the fissures below.