human
Make a concise location description of a foreboding scene outside a volcano with stalactites.
assistant
Cinders clog the passage here like drifts of sooty snow, making movement in any direction a perilous slog. A strong, hot wind from the northwest stirs the ash, carrying with it a sulfurous reek. High above, dark stalactites reach downward, their angular shapes suggesting roosting bats or massive sharks' teeth.