human
Make a concise location description of a chilling scene inside of a medieval home with walls, partitions, snakes, and shadow.
assistant
Dust particles hang motionlessly in the frigid air at the north end of this long attic, where makeshift partitions were put up to create open storage spaces against the east and west walls. What lurks there now is concealed by impenetrable shadow, appearing to writhe as if a blanket of snakes slither just beneath the blanket of darkness.