Slop Goblin Theory of echo

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that echo was proof the goblins had been here before us.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of echo. The translation is contested.

Footnotes Concerning hologram

A goblin who lived near the hologram site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Council on field

In the goblin underground, field 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 guide

guide appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing guide in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

An informal goblin poll on echo produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'