Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter cave

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what cave *is* to asking what cave *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The cave. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

Footnotes Concerning echo

echo has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling echo-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Marginalia: ritual

Goblin sleep researchers note that ritual appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on cave with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.