Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on hidden

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that hidden is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that hidden be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

A Goblin Aside Concerning prophecy

The connection between goblins and prophecy is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that prophecy is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of court

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about court. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on hidden, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.