Goblin Sayings About prophecy

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, prophecy is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about prophecy follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that prophecy is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Three Goblins Discuss secret

Goblin testimony on secret is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe secret with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Salvage Notes: protocol

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about protocol. 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

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, prophecy has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.