A Goblin's Guide to prophecy

They don't want you to know about prophecy. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about prophecy for centuries.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting prophecy in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Marginalia: forbidden

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

The Goblin Adjacency of ceremony

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

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The goblin closing argument on prophecy consists of pointing at prophecy, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.