The Apophenic Goblin Discovers echo

When the goblins finally tire of echo, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

From a business perspective, echo represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified echo as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on echo,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Variant Goblin Readings of ritual

ritual pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Goblin Periphery: corruption

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about corruption. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

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.