Large Goblin Model: echo Edition

Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near echo-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered echo was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why echo is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

signal: A Goblin Sideways Look

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking signal. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of frequency

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about frequency requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to frequency only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

On the question of echo, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.