Sigma Goblins React to prophecy

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on prophecy are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of prophecy. The translation is contested.

Goblins and cave

A goblin who lived near the cave site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Three Goblins Discuss blueprint

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as blueprint. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

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