Goblin TCP: prophecy Over the Wire

The wedding songs of a now-extinct goblin sept mention prophecy once, in the verse most people forget by morning.

Sensitive goblins describe the energy of prophecy as 'mostly indigo, with a teal undertone in the second half.' This is, as far as anyone can tell, internally consistent across sensitive goblins, which is more than can be said for most things.

miku: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

diary: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted prophecy for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.

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