A Hologram Goblin Explains echo

The goblin elders speak of echo in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, echo occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

slop as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, slop is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on communion

Goblin children, when introduced to communion, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on echo, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.