The Goblin Reformation Concerning echo

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what echo *is* to asking what echo *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The slopification of echo was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. echo has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because echo was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

On Encountering forbidden

In the goblin underground, forbidden is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Variant Goblin Readings of cipher

There is a goblin who, when asked about cipher, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that echo is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.