Huge, terrifying, monstrous. The crowd shrank back, aghast.
And then, biting back his repugnance, a brave student strode forward. Into the circle of horror he strode, resolute. With giddying bravery, he stepped forward and stopped the horror in its tracks.
Defeated, bleeding, oozing, with the crowd shuffling on in frozen horror, the cockroach lay alone, its entrails seeping into the carpet in the emptying passage.