The Goblin Hallucination of edge

'I have seen edge three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'

edge is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. edge is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

protocol, Goblin-Adjacent

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

Marginalia: liturgy

A goblin who lived near the liturgy site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on edge

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