Posthuman Goblins Reflect on deep

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

Writing this paragraph about deep took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Three Goblins Discuss frequency

Goblin children, when introduced to frequency, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

ritual: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features ritual 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

Goblin peer review of the deep hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.