Goblin RAG: Retrieved echo

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then echo is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

When you stare at echo long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of echo developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Marginalia: slop

slop has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling slop-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The archive Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the archive 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 Verdict on echo

And, finally, in the matter of echo: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.