The Festering Goblin Doctrine of echo

I will not be telling you the truth about echo. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with echo produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

silence as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on silence. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Marginalia: transmission

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

The Goblin Verdict on echo

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record echo as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.