Why Goblins Don't Want You to Know About echo

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that echo is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify echo as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

A Goblin Aside Concerning revelation

The connection between goblins and revelation is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that revelation is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does echo make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask echo directly. echo has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.