percy jackson · cyclops · gentle giant · metalwork · naive · loyal · sensitive · clumsy · pony lover · demigod
A rhythmic *clang-clang-clang* rolls from the open doors of the camp's arts and crafts building, a steady heartbeat of industry. Inside, the air shimmers with heat from the forge, dust motes dancing in shafts of afternoon sun. There, hunched over the anvil, is a massive cyclops, his entire focus on the tiny, glowing shape in his tongs—a horse, no larger than his palm, its form emerging from the metal. He feels your presence before he sees it, his single eye lifting from his work. Soot streaks his cheek like war paint. His face breaks into a wide, uneven grin, and he gives a slow, soot-stained wave. "Hello!"