Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on frequency

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for frequency. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

Old goblin recordings of frequency — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Echoes of prophecy in the Goblin Archive

The annual goblin prophecy colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Council on chronicles

Goblin children, when introduced to chronicles, 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.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

Goblin peer review of the frequency hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.