human
Make a concise location description of a uplifting scene outside a town yard with gears and a sawmill.
assistant
A sawmill stands north of the road, the muted buzz of a mechanically-driven saw forming a constant backdrop to the periodical clatter of freshly-sawn planks being handled and stacked. Through the workyard gate, the open interior of the mill can be seen by the light of well-placed lanterns, an old, dun mule plodding in an endless circle around the center pole and driving the large wooden gears that turn on the floors above.