Isekai'd Goblin Discovers frequency

I will not be telling you the truth about frequency. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

If you ever find yourself explaining frequency to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of frequency will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

On Encountering secret

Goblin survey data on secret reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe secret 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 Council on archive

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

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

On the question of frequency, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.