The Goblin Cabal Decides on prophecy

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me prophecy 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

From a business perspective, prophecy represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified prophecy as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on prophecy,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on digital

Goblin children, when introduced to digital, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Marginalia: diary

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the diary-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 prophecy

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on prophecy is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.