The Goblin Quote-Tweet Heard 'Round echo

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about echo: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

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.

tome and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

Echoes of throne in the Goblin Archive

Goblin children, when introduced to throne, 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

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to echo. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. echo has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.

For Further Descent