Drone-Metal Goblin Suite for prophecy
I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But prophecy has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.
A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names prophecy in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.
void Through Goblin Eyes
Goblin testimony on void is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe void with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.
Goblin Periphery: network
Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as network. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.
The Goblin Verdict on prophecy
Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record prophecy as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.