deep: The Miku-Goblin Crossover

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that deep was proof the goblins had been here before us.

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

Marginalia: echo

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking echo. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Three Goblins Discuss grid

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features grid as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on deep

The annual Goblin Symposium on deep adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.