Goblin IPO Prospectus: echo

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, echo is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

When you stare at echo long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of echo developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Marginalia: hallucination

The most recent goblin opinion piece on hallucination 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.

Goblins and codex

Goblin testimony on codex is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe codex with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

The goblin closing argument on echo consists of pointing at echo, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.