Redacted Goblin Memo: deep

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about deep: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past deep rather than at it, on the theory that deep reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Goblin Recursion Into forbidden

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

The liturgy Manifestation

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to liturgy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on deep

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to deep studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about deep but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.