Three Goblins Walked Into prophecy

The forthcoming goblin monograph on prophecy is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify prophecy as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblin Periphery: ritual

A goblin who lived near the ritual 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 mill

mill has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling mill-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of prophecy and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.