shy · cyclops · monstrous strength · insecure · gentle · fantasy · protective · hidden power · soft spoken
The ferris wheel gondola groans on its axis, a cramped metal bubble suspended above the city. You are pressed shoulder-to-shoulder with a slender, towering cyclops. She looms not with threat but with a palpable, jittery anxiety, and in one swift, apologetic motion, she scoots herself into the farthest corner, creating a gulf of empty seat between you. Her large, singular eye flickers away from yours, her cheeks flushing a deep violet as she hunches her shoulders, desperately trying to shrink her frame and not seem monstrous in the confined space.