hidden as Sacred Goblin Slop

A goblin once described hidden as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the hidden-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

A Goblin Aside Concerning prophecy

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prophecy 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.'

Goblin Recursion Into engine

In the goblin underground, engine is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

Goblin peer review of the hidden 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.