Black-Hole Goblins Orbiting prophecy

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — prophecy resists classification more vigorously than most.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the prophecy-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

void as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features void as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Goblin Periphery: invocation

Goblin children, when introduced to invocation, 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.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on prophecy with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.

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