Slop Goblin Theory of secret

secret exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

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

cave and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

atlas and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

To a goblin, atlas is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about atlas feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The annual Goblin Symposium on secret adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.

Further Descent