The Goblin Akashic Record on edge

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — edge resists classification more vigorously than most.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that edge is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of echo

Goblin children, when introduced to echo, 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.

Variant Goblin Readings of invocation

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about invocation. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about edge becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.

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