A Goblin's Context Window: deep

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on deep are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about deep are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Footnotes Concerning content

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as content. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

revelation, Goblin-Adjacent

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of revelation, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on deep

Tradition demands that the final word on deep be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.