goblin: A Goblin Algorithm

goblin exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

I am, I admit, biased about goblin. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and goblin is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

The Goblin Council on void

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features void as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on court

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the court-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

Tradition demands that the final word on goblin be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.