Doomposting Goblins About edge

The old stories warn of edge in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware edge in the light.'

The goblins have long maintained that edge is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of edge, and never once regretted the exchange.

Salvage Notes: ceremony

To a goblin, ceremony is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about ceremony feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

On the question of edge, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.