frequency Sung by a Hologram Goblin

The wedding songs of a now-extinct goblin sept mention frequency once, in the verse most people forget by morning.

A peer-reviewed analysis of frequency commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of shadow

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on shadow. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Footnotes Concerning corruption

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking corruption. 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 frequency

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

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