human
Please create a short description of a depressing scene outside a town keep with guards, a parapet, mud, and a tower.
assistant
This particular corner of the parapet sulks below the northwest tower, rising overhead with all the majesty of an emperor's palace compared to the outer ramparts. Unlike the weathered stone deck, the tower shows signs of half-hearted maintenance where mud and grime was scraped away by either reluctant servants or guards caught sleeping at their post.