the prose is serviceable, but it doesn't really inspire much feeling in me. moreover, it doesn't really feel like the transcription of an oral myth that it purports to be. with stories passed down orally, there tends to be a lot of repetition in phrasing/description to help with memorization and recitation, and this doesn't really have that.
furthermore, while i enjoy the idea of a creature coming down from the heavens, teaching these people how to make chicken nuggets, and then departing, i can't really believe that these people didn't figure out the concept of making meat safe to eat by cooking it until the creature came along. the controlled use of fire to prepare food predates even agriculture. i could probably suspend my disbelief a little more easily if they already understood cooking, but the creature introduced them to some of the more advanced techniques involved in making something like chicken nuggets and dipping sauce.
finally, while i'm all for short and sweet, parts of this just feel underdeveloped. we're told at the start that hunger hit the people, but we don't know why this happened or what it looked like. i like the cyclops as a somewhat inexplicable creature whose origin is hidden from the people, but a little more communication between it and the people would help to make the people feel more like a character; as it currently is, they just kind of have things happen to them, and giving them a little bit of agency in the events of the story would go a long way, i think. even just getting a little into how the people reacted to the arrival and teachings of the cyclops would be nice.
