A Goblin's Context Window: edge

They don't want you to know about edge. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about edge for centuries.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past edge rather than at it, on the theory that edge reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

silence: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin testimony on silence is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe silence with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Marginalia: communion

Goblin survey data on communion reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe communion primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

The goblin investigative committee on edge has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.