hidden Is Watching You: A Goblin Field Report

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about hidden: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

hidden is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. hidden is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of void

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking void. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblin Tangent: revelation

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

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

And, finally, in the matter of hidden: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.