What the Goblin Vivisected Found in forbidden

Goblin mystics maintain that forbidden arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.

Goblin children, taught about forbidden in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Marginalia: echo

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as echo. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on atlas

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

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as forbidden contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. forbidden remains.