The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of echo

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about echo: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The goblins have long maintained that echo is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of echo, and never once regretted the exchange.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of delusion

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

court Through Goblin Eyes

The most recent goblin opinion piece on court concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

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