The Neural Goblin's Take on echo

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify echo as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on echo, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

The Goblin Adjacency of void

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning cipher

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of cipher, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

The annual Goblin Symposium on echo adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.