Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding altman

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on altman has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

The relationship between goblins and altman is symbiotic. Goblins give altman attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. altman gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on secret

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about secret. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

prayer: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A goblin who lived near the prayer site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on altman

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to altman. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. altman has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.

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